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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.

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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 You need an employment offer that was then rescinded to prove this.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 #1260 on: May 22, 2020, 09:56:13 AM »
UI is for 39 weeks, FFCRA for 12...

UI is 39 weeks.  But not the federal $600

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1261 on: May 22, 2020, 10:03:16 AM »
UI is 39 weeks.  But not the federal $600
Correct- thanks for pointing that out.
I guess once the UI drops to regular rates, FFCRA could be an attractive option.

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1262 on: May 22, 2020, 10:28:36 AM »
Correct- thanks for pointing that out.
I guess once the UI drops to regular rates, FFCRA could be an attractive option.
If you can do FFCRA after being on UI
Workflowy. You won't know what you're missing until you try it.

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1263 on: May 22, 2020, 11:16:01 AM »
If you can do FFCRA after being on UI

Looks like it might be an issue because of the 30 day prior employment requirement.

Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act would cover the first 2 weeks paid regardless of prior employment, but the Emergency and Family Medical Leave Expansion Act which covers the remaining 10 weeks would only kick in after 30 days of employment.

https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/pandemic/ffcra-questions

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1264 on: May 22, 2020, 01:01:47 PM »
Re NJ Unemployment: I was on Standard unemployment since my employer closed up due to COVID 19 now they are reopening and offering I work my full hours, However I will only be able to work partial hours due to taking care of my children. Will I be eligible to transfer to PUA?

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1265 on: May 22, 2020, 01:22:34 PM »
I know im late to the game, and read thru many pages......What (or why) should anyone stop from filing for PUA under taking care of someone with COVID (or for child care) if their salary is less then $1000 a week? Wont they be making more from Pua? (downside would be, the need to find another job in a few months?)

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1266 on: May 22, 2020, 01:33:24 PM »
I know im late to the game, and read thru many pages......What (or why) should anyone stop from filing for PUA under taking care of someone with COVID (or for child care) if their salary is less then $1000 a week? Wont they be making more from Pua? (downside would be, the need to find another job in a few months?)
You're correct, there are many ppl currently on unemployment making more than their old salary...

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1267 on: May 22, 2020, 01:51:03 PM »
Looks like it might be an issue because of the 30 day prior employment requirement.

Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act would cover the first 2 weeks paid regardless of prior employment, but the Emergency and Family Medical Leave Expansion Act which covers the remaining 10 weeks would only kick in after 30 days of employment.

https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/pandemic/ffcra-questions
Does the 30 day requirement apply if one was terminated and then was rehired a month later? Does the 30 days start from the rehire date? I found nothing stating otherwise.

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1268 on: May 22, 2020, 02:51:17 PM »
Does the 30 day requirement apply if one was terminated and then was rehired a month later? Does the 30 days start from the rehire date? I found nothing stating otherwise.
I'd say 30 days from rehire based on this:

You are considered to have been employed by your employer for at least 30 calendar days if your employer had you on its payroll for the 30 calendar days immediately prior to the day your leave would begin. For example, if you want to take leave on April 1, 2020, you would need to have been on your employer’s payroll as of March 2, 2020.

It would seem though that 2 weeks of those 30 days could be covered by the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1269 on: May 22, 2020, 05:40:58 PM »
You can apply even if you already got your job back. Just put in that original layoff date on your application, and when asked if working now answer truthfully. You won't get the option to certify backdated claims right away, but they'll reach out to you and give it to you eventually.


So to confirm i'm putting the original layoff date?

And to the first 2 questions i certify that i worked? (If ones back on the payroll, or back at his job?)
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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1270 on: May 22, 2020, 06:07:36 PM »


So to confirm i'm putting the original layoff date?

And to the first 2 questions i certify that i worked? (If ones back on the payroll, or back at his job?)
Correct. System might kick you out so try logging back in, clearing cookies, incognito etc.

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1271 on: May 22, 2020, 06:55:54 PM »
Correct. System might kick you out so try logging back in, clearing cookies, incognito etc.
Doesn't even let me proceed...

Please fix form errors before leaving the page

As soon as you write 4 or more days you get... "You do not qualify for assistance at this time".

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« Reply #1272 on: May 22, 2020, 06:59:18 PM »
Correct. System might kick you out so try logging back in, clearing cookies, incognito etc.
  Think the old site would work vs this one?
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« Reply #1273 on: May 22, 2020, 07:15:19 PM »
Correct. System might kick you out so try logging back in, clearing cookies, incognito etc.
Too bad i didn't do it last week.

 Unless i do it on monday and certify for Personal Circumstance
1. This week, beginning Monday 5/25/20, how many days have you worked?
I would write 1 and hopefully allow me to certify ahead of time.
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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1274 on: May 23, 2020, 10:14:07 PM »
So so odd. I just get an from NYS DOL email saying this:

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You will soon receive a determination letter in the mail telling you how much you will receive each week for Unemployment Insurance (UI) or Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) benefits. This letter will be sent to the mailing address you submitted with your application.

Please open and review your determination letter right away for accuracy. Make sure you agree with the amount of earnings reported and check the list to confirm it includes all of your employers. Please note that the Wage Reporting System does not show wages earned with the federal government, in a branch of military service, as an independent contractor, or for work done outside of New York State, so the monetary determination letter may not list them.

If your determination letter is missing any of your employers, jobs, or earnings, fill out a Request for Reconsideration form or a Request for Alternate Base Period form and return it right away. A copy of these forms can be found in the claimant handbook. The determination letter provides a date by which you must file a Request for Reconsideration. However, due to delays with USPS mail during this crisis and the implementation of new federal programs created to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, you may receive the letter after the printed deadline. The actual response due date is 30 days from the postmark date on the letter. That means you may submit your response even if you received the determination letter late or the printed deadline had passed.

If your weekly benefit rate is determined to be $0 for UI, you may be eligible for PUA benefits. You should immediately apply for PUA at unemployment.labor.ny.gov if you have not already done so. If you have already applied and been approved for PUA and are receiving benefits, you do not need to take any further action besides continuing to submit weekly certifications for benefits. If you have applied for PUA but have not received a determination, look out for an email, text, or letter updating you on your claim.

If you have not received all of your back payments yet, please be assured that you will receive all the benefits you are eligible for. Thank you for your continued patience and understanding

Meanwhile on their portal I show a weekly benefit amount of $504 which tells me I'm already approved for PUA. what the ****???  ::) ::)
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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1275 on: May 23, 2020, 11:13:41 PM »
Too bad i didn't do it last week.

 Unless i do it on monday and certify for Personal Circumstance
1. This week, beginning Monday 5/25/20, how many days have you worked?
I would write 1 and hopefully allow me to certify ahead of time.
No idea why some are able to proceed while others are not. Odd.
How would you certify for 1 day if you're fully employed?

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1276 on: May 23, 2020, 11:43:50 PM »
Note: NJ certifying schedule is not changing for this week.
So heads up for the lower SSN's, the first slot is Sunday 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM.

https://myunemployment.nj.gov/labor/myunemployment/schedule.shtml

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1277 on: May 24, 2020, 02:28:30 AM »
I got approved for PUA (NJ) but received well less then 600$ What did I do wrong? Isnt every claim at a minimum of 600$?

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1278 on: May 24, 2020, 02:31:29 AM »
I got approved for PUA (NJ) but received well less then 600$ What did I do wrong? Isnt every claim at a minimum of 600$?
It’s another amount plus 600. You should see both amounts come in at the same time in your bank account though not mentioned when you certify,
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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1279 on: May 24, 2020, 03:08:30 AM »
Sent in this document to the local SNAP office, but the supervisor got back that this was only proposed, and that the final bill does allow to count it as income.
https://otda.ny.gov/policy/gis/2020/20DC035.pdf