That’s true as of today but not looking at the recent past (COVID).
From Brookings:
On March 27, Congress passed a generous unemployment insurance (UI) benefits package to aid workers who lost their jobs as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The CARES Act not only expanded coverage to various workers who normally would not qualify for UI, but also temporarily added $600 to weekly benefit amounts. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.)
called it “unemployment insurance on steroids.”
I thought there were also some enforcement changes, but don’t know for certain and those have likely lapsed by now too.