Partial Claims – Workforce Alabama

To gain access to the Partials Filing System you must complete the Employer Affidavit and submit to the Partials Unit at ucpartials@workforce.alabama.gov or fax to 334-956-7483.

Each employee you file for must complete the Employee Consent Form prior to filing. Signed Employee Consent forms will be kept on file at ADOL for five years. 

Please submit all completed Employee Consent Forms via email to ucpartials@workforce.alabama.gov or fax to 334-956-7483. Completed forms may also be mailed: 

Workforce Alabama
Attn: Employer Filed Claims Unit 
50 North Ripley St.
Montgomery, Alabama 36130

The pay period must be when the employee’s gross earnings are less than his or her usual weekly earnings and less than the maximum UC weekly benefit amount currently in effect.

The ending date is the last day of the week of unemployment covered by the claim.

Exception: Where the employer’s payroll is on a biweekly basis or an employer’s administrative offices are closed for a period of two weeks, the 14-day limitation with respect to the first week of such pay period or closure is extended to 18 days.

• Receive a retirement pension from an employer they worked for within the past 18 months 
• Attend school 
• Have an active claim filed in another state (if not using the CPUB version) 
• Receive Worker’s Compensation payments 
• Could not work each day during the week being claimed when work is available 4 or more hours

Employees can call 1-866-234-5382 or use the Internet system at workforce.alabama.gov/unemployment during the first week in which they do not work.

Partial claims are only for employees laid off due to lack of work for no more than three consecutive weeks.

Employees who are out of work for any reason other than temporary lack of work must file their own claim by calling 1-866-2-FILE-UC (1-866-234-5382) or on our website during the first week they do not work.

Scenarios where employees must file their own claims include taking off work for a vacation, going on medical leave or being unable to reach work because of a lack of transportation.

You can file for non-citizen employees. However, their permit number must be provided and a valid copy of their employment authorization document, front and back, must be submitted to the Payment Processing Unit to prove their status as a legal alien.

These cannot be mailed to the employer’s address. The employee’s current address or post office box must be provided when filing for benefits. Postal authorities will not forward AL Vantage Debit Cards.