Note: If the return-to-work date exceeds 12 weeks from the date of layoff, the work search exemption requires the approval of our Executive Director. Submitting a return-to-work date increases your chances of retaining your employees and ensures that TWC will stop paying them unemployment benefits after they return to work. TWC will exempt employees from work searches when they have a return-to-work date within 12 weeks of their layoff date and confirmed by the employer. There is no limit on the number of employees that you can submit. Entering individual employee Social Security numbers ( SSNs).You can submit return-to-work information either by: The Return to Work online program allows you to easily report a return-to-work date for employees before or after the layoff. Submit your return-to-work information by logging on to our Employer Benefits Services ( EBS) portal. See an EBS Administrator Duties user guideĮlectronically submit return-to-work information to the Texas Workforce Commission ( TWC).Visit our Mass Claims for Unemployment Benefits page.Our Mass Claims department will contact you to determine what action is needed. If you encounter any problems and are unable to submit your request using your EBS portal, please email us at with a description of your problem.

Note: We have waived the requirement that you must submit your Mass Claims Request at least five days prior to the planned layoff. To submit your Mass Claim, log on to EBS and select Mass Claims Request. You can submit a Mass Claim Request on Employer Benefits Services ( EBS) 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Employers can submit basic worker information on behalf of their employees to initiate claims for unemployment benefits before the layoff date or up to seven days after the layoff. The Mass Claims program streamlines the unemployment benefit claims process for employers faced with either temporary or permanent layoffs. If you have to close your business either temporarily or permanently and need to lay off employees, you may be able to submit a Mass Claim for unemployment benefits on their behalf.

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