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Workplace Protections

Updated: 
April 5, 2024

Do I have to provide any evidence of domestic violence to receive unemployment insurance?

If you are filing for unemployment insurance because you lost your job due to domestic violence, you may have to provide one of the following:

  • a police report or record;
  • a governmental agency or court record, such as a court order, a Petition for a Civil Protection Order, or a record or report from Child and Family Services; or
  • a written statement, which states that you looked for help for domestic violence from the service organization, signed by a:
    • shelter official;
    • social worker;
    • counselor;
    • therapist;
    • attorney
    • medical doctor; or
    • a religious leader (cleric).1

1 D.C. Code § 51-132

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