Education and Workforce Development Cabinet
Local Employment Offices Experiencing Power Outages - Those hardest hit will be closed or operating with minimal staff and limited services

Press Release Date:  Friday, January 30, 2009  
Contact Information:  Contact: Cathy Lindsey, (502) 564-9908, Cathy.Lindsey@ky.gov  


FRANKFORT, Ky. (Jan. 30, 2009)Due to weather conditions and power outages, the following local offices of employment and training are unable to process electronic unemployment insurance claims at this time:

 

Carrollton (Carroll County)

Danville (Boyle County)

Leitchfield (Grayson County)

Brandenburg (Meade County)

Fort Knox

Bardstown (Nelson County)

Lebanon (Marion County)

Springfield (Washington County)

Henderson (Henderson County)

Louisville (Jefferson County) – Preston Highway Office

Madisonville (Hopkins County) – Federal Street office

Madisonville (Hopkins County) – Industrial Park office

Central City (Muhlenberg County)

Owensboro (Daviess County)

Paducah (McCracken County)

Mayfield (Graves County)

Murray (Calloway County)

 

Claimants may file initial or reopened unemployment insurance claims through the Call Center at 859-547-3362 or online at http://www.kewes.ky.gov/. To file a new extended claim, they must file online.

 

To request a check on a regular continued claim, claimants may call the Voice Response Unit (VRU) at 866-291-2926 or go online at http://www.kewes.ky.gov/.

 

To request a check on a continued extended claim, claimants must call the Voice Response Unit (VRU) at 866-291-2926.

 

Claimants also may check at their local offices to file a paper claim or to be redirected to operable service locations.

 

For further closure information on specific offices, call (502) 564-7456.

 

Learn more about the Office of Employment and Training at http://oet.ky.gov/.

 

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