[header] How to prove unemployment [title] Understand unemployment benefits. [step] While you are employed, your employer pays a tax to both the federal and state governments. This tax is used to provide unemployment benefits to workers who are laid off through no fault of their own. 
[substeps] In order to be eligible to draw benefits, you will need to have worked a sufficient amount of time and earned a minimum amount in wages, as determined by your state. [title] Contact your state's unemployment agency.