Important Update - Help Expedite Claims and Avoid Unnecessary Costs

Note to Managers and Supervisors Regarding Unemployment Address and Forwarding of Unemployment Correspondence: Please ensure all unemployment claims-related correspondence is sent to the UK HR Unemployment office at 2365 Harrodsburg Road, Suite A250, Lexington, KY 40504.  Timeliness of submitting claims-related correspondence allows UK HR UE to respond within the state’s strict time requirements, avoiding unnecessary costs ($5,000 to $10,000 per claim) to the University. Please do not respond directly to written or verbal claim-related inquiries - refer such matters to UK Unemployment (see details below).

How You Can Help the University Expedite Unemployment Claims

We need your help to address this matter in the following ways:

#1: You can help ensure proper processing of claims by directing separated employees to use the address of UK Unemployment (see below) as the last/former employer on all unemployment claim forms (rather than list specific department work address).

UK HR Unemployment

2365 Harrodsburg Rd, Suite A250
Lexington, KY 40504 

#2: In the event you (or your department) receive state unemployment correspondence and/or requests for information on separated employees directly from the state, it is vital that you immediately contact the UK HR UE Unemployment office directly. Please do not respond directly to written or verbal claim-related inquiries from claimants, claimants' attorneys or representatives of the state. Instead, refer calls or fax written documents immediately to UK Unemployment:

* Please call or refer inquiries to UK HR UE at (859) 257-9189. OR
* Fax unemployment-related correspondence or other items from the Commonwealth of Kentucky, claimant or claimants' attorneys immediately to Jeaune Hadl, UK at (859) 323-1075. Do NOT send unemployment claims information via campus "snail mail."

By routing critical information to the UK Unemployment office, you will help us respond to state unemployment inquiries as rapidly as possible. In the last calendar year, the University saved approximately $2.8 million in potential claims costs. We appreciate your support of this cost containment effort.

Thank you for your time and attention to this matter. If you have questions, please contact Jeaune Hadl at (859) 257-9189 or at jlhadl2@email.uky.edu.