When can you file for unemployment?

When can you file for unemployment?
One can file for unemployment any time they are laid off, furloughed, or terminated from an employer covered by unemployment insurance. Whether that person receives unemployment benefits or not is dependent on the the conditions of separation, federal, state and local law, and sometimes the outcome of an appeals process, or special circumstances that temporarily alter benefit eligibility. Such circumstances may be a decree from the President or Governor due to widespread economic hardship, or massive layoffs from a key employer.