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You are eligible for the $600 weekly FPUC payment if you are on any sort of unemployment, including PUA and partial unemployment. This is available for claims dated 3/28/20-7/31/20. The federal supplement does not affect eligibility for Medicaid and CHIP. It does affect SNAP and TANF.

If you filed for UI more than a week after your layoff date, you are eligible for backpay.

The obligatory waiting week has been waived, so your claim will process with a date a week earlier than what you apply for, to account for the waiting week waiver.

NY
There is a streamlined application process so that all applicants complete the same form, regardless of which program they'll eventually be eligible for.
PUA:
Unemployment for the self-employed. Acceptable proof of income includes prior year tax returns, 1099, P&L, bank statements and more. You will most likely be approved for standard UI even if you're an independent contractor, if you had W2 employment within the last 18 months.
If you are assigned the minimum rate of $182 when it should be higher based on your income, complete this form, fax it in, then send it again via the message center (Subject1: "Benefit Rate and Monetary Determination" Subject2: "Some of my wages are missing or incorrect") so that they definitely got it. Your rate should be adjusted in less than a week. You are also entitled to get your updated rate on all prior weeks.
You are also eligible for PUA if you landed a job but where unable to start due to the pandemic. You need an employment offer that was then rescinded to prove this.
PUA is available for a total of 46 weeks from 02/02/20-12/31/20.
Partial UI:
You can apply for partial UI if you're working 3 days or less, and earning $504/weekly or less. The DOL deducts 25% of your base rate for every day that you work. (You receive 100% of your rate if you don't work at all, 75% if you work 1 day, 50% if you work 2 days, and 25% if you work 3 days).
PEUC:
For those on regular unemployment- you will receive an additional 13 weeks of benefits after you've exhausted your initial 26 weeks. This benefit is available through 12/31/20.
Extended Benefits:
For those on regular unemployment- you will receive an additional 20 weeks of benefits after you've exhausted your initial 26 weeks and your PEUC weeks. This makes for a total of 59 weeks that you can possible receive unemployment benefits. This benefit is available as long as the state's unemployment rate is high.
Requesting Backpay:
The NY DOL is using Docusign to allow claimants to file backpay. You should receive an email from the DOL with instructions. The email subject is "Action Required - NYS DOL Certification for Back Week Payments". This might end up in your spam folder, so be sure to check that as well.
If you don't receive this email or you don't want to wait, call the NY DOL and speak to an agent to certify for backpay over the phone.
It takes a little less than a week from when you complete backdated certifications until your claims are processed and funds are released.
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NJ
Apply here.
PUA:
Unemployment for the self-employed. Acceptable proof of income includes prior year tax returns, 1099, P&L, bank statements and more. You will most likely be approved for standard UI even if you're an independent contractor, if you had W2 employment within the last 18 months.
At this point it looks like claimants are still being given $231- the minimum PUA rate- regardless of prior income.
You are also eligible for PUA if you landed a job but where unable to start due to the pandemic. You need an employment offer that was then rescinded to prove this.
PUA is available for a total of 46 weeks from 02/02/20-12/31/20.
Partial UI:
You can apply for partial UI if your hours have been reduced by 20% or more. You'll be allowed to earn an additional 20% above your rate determination. Your earnings will then be deducted from your rate, and you'll receive the balance as your UI payment.
PEUC:
For those on regular unemployment- you will receive an additional 13 weeks of benefits after you've exhausted your initial 26 weeks. This benefit is available through 12/31/20.
Extended Benefits:
For those on regular unemployment- you will receive an additional 20 weeks of benefits after you've exhausted your initial 26 weeks and your PEUC weeks. This makes for a total of 59 weeks that you can possible receive unemployment benefits. This benefit is available as long as the state's unemployment rate is high.
Requesting Backpay:
You can request backpay if you are lucky enough to get through to an agent.

Here is a guide for NJ residents from the LRRC.
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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #520 on: May 04, 2020, 07:30:25 PM »
Do you mean aren't?

They are fully employed now. Can they quit and get unemployment?

No, I mean are.
If you're W2, you're eligible for standard UI. If you're eligible for standard UI they don't have a way to put you on PUA so that you can certify even when staying home because of lack of childcare.

If you're on PUA to begin with this is obviously not an issue and you can stay home to care for your kids.

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #521 on: May 05, 2020, 08:04:21 AM »
Thanks for the insight.  7b is about 20% higher.  But might be because married filed jointly. So i will definitely discuss it if i actually get the call that they are supposed to call me in May 6th.  Meanwhile im supposed to get benefits paid on the 5th. So they might not call me.  I guess time will tell
See above
Update: no money on the 5th.  I guess the email straight out lied which is quite disappointing.   Now lets see if i get the scheduled call tomorrow morning
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« Reply #522 on: May 05, 2020, 09:39:46 AM »
How are UI benefits calculated? Just checked my current benefit amount and it's reflecting just over 40% my usual monthly pay check (didn't hit max receivable amount )
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« Reply #523 on: May 05, 2020, 09:57:35 AM »
How are UI benefits calculated? Just checked my current benefit amount and it's reflecting just over 40% my usual monthly pay check (didn't hit max receivable amount )
Benefit amounts are weekly, based on a percentage of your income up to a max.
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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #524 on: May 05, 2020, 09:59:44 AM »
Benefit amounts are weekly, based on a percentage of your income up to a max.
  right,was under the impression that there's a fixed percentage amount, trying to figure that out
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« Reply #525 on: May 05, 2020, 10:00:08 AM »
  right,was under the impression that there's a fixed percentage amount, trying to figure that out
What state?
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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #526 on: May 05, 2020, 10:04:57 AM »
Anyone self-employed in NJ who received benefits yet?
We applied March 29 and still haven't received anything.

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« Reply #527 on: May 05, 2020, 10:10:08 AM »
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« Reply #528 on: May 05, 2020, 10:11:33 AM »
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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #529 on: May 05, 2020, 10:12:40 AM »
When certifying a partial unemployment claim in NJ you have to reassert/reopen the claim. Last week, it let me do it, this week it's saying I have an open claim already.


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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #531 on: May 05, 2020, 10:15:54 AM »
https://labor.ny.gov/benefit-rate-calculator/
yup had used it and showed same rate I'm receiving,so I guess there's no fixed percentage? I'm seeing different percentage amounts reported
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« Reply #532 on: May 05, 2020, 10:23:39 AM »
yup had used it and showed same rate I'm receiving,so I guess there's no fixed percentage? I'm seeing different percentage amounts reported

It's officially 46% but it depends on a few things so it's not a perfect rule.
https://www.labor.ny.gov/formsdocs/factsheets/pdfs/p832.pdf

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #533 on: May 05, 2020, 10:48:34 AM »
It's officially 46% but it depends on a few things so it's not a perfect rule.
https://www.labor.ny.gov/formsdocs/factsheets/pdfs/p832.pdf
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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #534 on: May 05, 2020, 01:06:47 PM »
When certifying a partial unemployment claim in NJ you have to reassert/reopen the claim. Last week, it let me do it, this week it's saying I have an open claim already.


Anyone else encounter this yet?
Were you ever actually required to REOPEN/REASSERT the claim or just to recertify? Try just recertifying as they don't seem to actually require reasserting for PUI despite the FAQs stating so.

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #535 on: May 05, 2020, 01:13:57 PM »
Anyone have luck contacting someone in NJ? I need to backdate a claim...

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #536 on: May 06, 2020, 10:07:19 AM »
How do I file for unemployment in NY  for the previous  3 weeks, when I'm re-hired already?

I know you can open a ticket to get them to backdate the claim. but now when I'm filing it seems to ask if I have a job currently 

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #537 on: May 06, 2020, 10:21:34 AM »
Here is a petition to sign for the unemployment disaster in NJ.
https://www.change.org/p/nj-unemployment-disaster

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« Reply #538 on: May 06, 2020, 10:50:55 AM »
Were you ever actually required to REOPEN/REASSERT the claim or just to recertify? Try just recertifying as they don't seem to actually require reasserting for PUI despite the FAQs stating so.
The first week it allowed me to reopen/reassert the claim. The second week it didn't. I would have to wait to next week to find out if it allows me to recertify, but I don't want there to be any issues if their FAQs are right.

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #539 on: May 06, 2020, 11:07:42 AM »
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 I Applied online waited a week,called my assemblyman to expedite a call back from DOL(as was mentioned upthread), they called me back a week later and was able to back date my claim successfully (online dd shows for all weeks claimed)
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