Unemployment Appeal Letter in Missouri
A letter appealing a denial of unemployment benefits. Appeal deadlines are short and strict in every state — file before the deadline shown below, even if you are still gathering documents, and keep claiming benefits each week while the appeal is pending if your state allows it.
What Missouri law says
| Appealing a denial | You have 30 days from the date of the determination to appeal; the last day is printed on the determination. Appeal through UInteract, by mail to the DES Appeals Tribunal (P.O. Box 59, Jefferson City, MO 65104-0059) or by fax to 573-751-1321. Appeals cannot be filed by email or phone. Keep filing weekly requests while the appeal is pending. |
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| If you were fired | If you were discharged for misconduct connected with your work, you are disqualified until you earn wages equal to 6 times your weekly benefit amount. Each additional misconduct disqualification requires another 6 times your weekly benefit amount. In aggravated cases, the Division can cancel some or all of the wage credits from that employer. |
| If you quit | You can qualify if you quit with good cause attributable to the work or the employer, meaning a reason that would compel a reasonable employee to stop working, or a required separation because of illness or disability. You are not disqualified for quitting to take a better-paying job (and earning wages there), leaving temporary work to return to your regular employer, quitting unsuitable work within 28 calendar days, certain pregnancy-related separations, or relocating with a spouse under mandatory military orders. Otherwise you are disqualified until you earn 10 times your weekly benefit amount. Source: RSMo 288.050.1 |
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[today's date]
To: [state unemployment agency appeals office and address]
From: [your name], [your address]
Claimant ID or last 4 of SSN: [claimant ID] Decision date: [date on the denial notice]
I am appealing the decision dated [date on the denial notice] that denied my unemployment benefits. I request a hearing.
I believe the decision is wrong because [brief reason: e.g. I was laid off for lack of work / I was not fired for misconduct / I quit for good cause because ...].
I will provide [documents or witnesses, e.g. termination letter, messages, pay records] at the hearing.
Please send hearing information to the address above, or contact me at [phone or email].
Signature: ____________________ [your name]
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