VHSS 101
This abbreviation represents the four types of employer payments that may affect unemployment benefits.
What is VHSS?
The allocation for VHSS begins on this day.
What is the next working day after the last day worked?
You must always confirm this key date before analyzing any VHSS payment?
What is the last day of work?
A claimant receives holiday pay for a holiday that occurred before their last day. This usually has this effect on the claim.
What is no effect?
In CACTUS, this is the tab you must open to find the Previous Employment Deductions worksheet when working VHSS‑related issues.
What is the Payments tab?
This type of pay is given when an employee takes time off with employer approval.
What is vacation pay?
A lump‑sum severance payment must be divided by this amount to determine how many weeks it covers.
What is the claimant's weekly wage?
If VHSS information is unclear, staff must request this from the claimant and/or employer.
What is wage documentation?
If this type of payment is allocated to a specific week, a claimant may be ineligible for benefits for that week.
What is PTO or paid time off?
When completing a VHSS determination, you must check this box to ensure the system generates and sends the required notification to the claimant.
What is the Send Notification box?
This type of pay is linked to specific company‑recognized dates and may require allocation.
What is holiday pay?
Employers who have a contract dating prior to January 1, 2005 are _______, making Severance not an issue for those claimants.
What is grandfathered?
This contains information necessary to verify military service for benefits, retirement, employment, and membership in veterans' organizations
What is a DD-214
A week in which VHSS allocation is less than the weekly benefit amount may be used as this type of week.
What is the waiting week or partially payable week?
Anything you enter in this box will appear on the formal determination issued to the claimant.
What is the Resolution Note?
This type of pay is usually issued when employment ends and may delay unemployment eligibility depending on allocation.
What is severance pay?
If vacation pay is paid months after separation but is “for” specific dates, you must still do this step.
What is allocate?
When VHSS payments are allocated to weeks before the claimant filed their unemployment claim, this is the impact on the current claim.
What is no impact?
This type of payment is given when an employer ends employment immediately but pays the worker for the notice period they would have otherwise worked.
What are wages in lieu of notice?
You have determined that the VHSS pay does NOT affect the weeks filed, but the employer has provided information on a valid "Notice to Employer," you must generate this letter.
What is UB-083?
When a claimant receives vacation, severance, holiday, and sick pay for the same period, this is how you must allocate the payments.
What is allocate them concurrently?
When a claimant's work schedule varies, allocation is done using this standard schedule.
What is Monday through Friday?
A claimant’s employer reports issuing only severance pay, but the claimant’s paystub shows hours coded as vacation and sick time. To determine whether additional VHSS types apply, you must base your decision on this key factor.
What is the employer’s statement of what the payment was intended for?
A claimant receives $3,000 in severance from a grandfathered employer, along with $100 of PTO for the same separation. In this scenario, these payment(s) are allocable under the VHSS rules when determining eligibility.
What is the PTO?
A claimant who qualifies for partial benefits, assuming all other eligibility conditions are met, will result in this occurring to the employer’s account.
What is No Charges?