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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 You need an employment offer that was then rescinded to prove this.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 #1620 on: June 07, 2020, 11:48:00 AM »
It’s a separate deposit that takes around a week.
Thanks.
I shouldn't have to worry about it, correct? If I was eligible for weekly benefits I should automatically also get the $600

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1621 on: June 07, 2020, 11:50:26 AM »
Is anyone else still waiting for the backpay forms from NY DOL?
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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1622 on: June 07, 2020, 11:55:37 AM »
Is anyone else still waiting for the backpay forms from NY DOL?

I only got the form this weekend

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1623 on: June 07, 2020, 11:58:31 AM »
Dw says she knows someone who has w-2 + SE in NJ who is receiving payments even though she still has w-2 job...
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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1624 on: June 07, 2020, 12:02:08 PM »
Dw says she knows someone who has w-2 + SE in NJ who is receiving payments even though she still has w-2 job...
Great to hear!

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1625 on: June 07, 2020, 12:29:16 PM »
Got the email and filled out the form, now will wait and see what happens.

You should receive the funds within 3-4 business days.

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1626 on: June 07, 2020, 12:30:25 PM »
Can still get the $600 bonus for past 3 months?

You're eligible for it with any certifications that have a $1+ payment with dates 03/30-7/26.
NY already has a process for paying out retroactively, NJ still limping along.

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1627 on: June 07, 2020, 12:33:56 PM »
In NY

If I file for UI for 4 weeks, then go back to work.
Will I need to work 26 weeks before being eligible for PFL (Paid Family Leave)? (I have been working at this employer a few years)

Unless they change the rules due to the pandemic, the answer seems to be no.
As you can see in the link below, seasonal workers who have the same employer every year do not qualify since they don't generally work for 26 weeks consecutively. It specifically mentions re-hires.
https://paidfamilyleave.ny.gov/eligibility

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1628 on: June 07, 2020, 12:36:25 PM »
Dw says she knows someone who has w-2 + SE in NJ who is receiving payments even though she still has w-2 job...

Great to hear!

Don't want to temper the enthusiasm but unless that someone is still receiving it after their W2 boss mailed in their refusal letter (which I'm assuming also takes a few weeks to process), I wouldn't celebrate just yet.

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1629 on: June 07, 2020, 12:50:34 PM »
Don't want to temper the enthusiasm but unless that someone is still receiving it after their W2 boss mailed in their refusal letter (which I'm assuming also takes a few weeks to process), I wouldn't celebrate just yet.
They will have to give back the money?

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1630 on: June 07, 2020, 12:56:23 PM »
I got approved for unemployment benefits. I was able to certify retroactively for the past x amount of weeks since I filed for unemployment.
Im still working a few hours a week so I got the difference between my worked hours and weekly benefit rate deposited into my account.
I have not received the additional $600 a week for some reason.
Does anyone know why this is?
Is it a separate deposit that could take longer?
What state?

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1631 on: June 07, 2020, 12:58:33 PM »

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1632 on: June 07, 2020, 01:08:50 PM »
Unless they change the rules due to the pandemic, the answer seems to be no.
As you can see in the link below, seasonal workers who have the same employer every year do not qualify since they don't generally work for 26 weeks consecutively. It specifically mentions re-hires.
https://paidfamilyleave.ny.gov/eligibility

@mgarfin looks like there are a few insurance carriers that offer PFL in NY, so you'd need to have a look at your companies policy to determine if a rehire does or doesn't reset the clock.

I found this from Gaurdian where it looks like they don't require another 26 weeks of employment for eligibility.
http://htcorp.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/FAQs.pdf

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1633 on: June 07, 2020, 01:10:54 PM »
They will have to give back the money?

One possibility.
The other is that if it gets rejected and they get to schedule a hearing and talk to a live person, they'll find out that they are eligible for PUA after all... who knows...

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1634 on: June 07, 2020, 01:31:54 PM »
@mgarfin looks like there are a few insurance carriers that offer PFL in NY, so you'd need to have a look at your companies policy to determine if a rehire does or doesn't reset the clock.

I found this from Gaurdian where it looks like they don't require another 26 weeks of employment for eligibility.
http://htcorp.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/FAQs.pdf

Here it looks like up to 28 days doesn't require a 26-week wait
https://www.rfsuny.org/media/RFSUNY/Forms/nys_pfl_faq.pdf

I emailed Shelter Point to see what they say.

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1635 on: June 07, 2020, 02:01:16 PM »
With the help of @thebudgetdeals I was able to discern how NJ calculates UI benefits in relation to SNAP:
Earned Income (W2 wages) less a 20% deduction
+ Unearned Income (UI Benfits) no deductions
- Child Support Payments
= Gross Income

If this amount falls within the NJ SNAP Max Allowable Income, you are eligible for SNAP.

The calculation then continues to figure out your Net Monthly Income by deducting some housing allowances. Your actual SNAP allowance is then determined based on your Net Monthly Income.

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1636 on: June 07, 2020, 04:55:43 PM »
Is anyone else still waiting for the backpay forms from NY DOL?

I’m still waiting for my Docusign, applied for unemployment in mid April and filled out PUA form end of April. Have been getting payments since mid May. They owe me like 2 months of PUA and 1.5 months of FPUC
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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1637 on: June 07, 2020, 05:32:49 PM »
I’m still waiting for my Docusign, applied for unemployment in mid April and filled out PUA form end of April. Have been getting payments since mid May. They owe me like 2 months of PUA and 1.5 months of FPUC
I'm waiting since beginning of April, worried that it fell between the cracks because it was a few days before they put up the new system. I guess I'll keep waiting though!
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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1638 on: June 07, 2020, 06:28:25 PM »
If a person makes the same amount of money(less then $504) but works less days instead of 4 days works only 2, is such a person eligible for UI in NY?

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« Reply #1639 on: June 07, 2020, 06:36:10 PM »
If a person makes the same amount of money(less then $504) but works less days instead of 4 days works only 2, is such a person eligible for UI in NY?

According to the rules, yes.
I'm not sure how it will work on the employer's end though since they haven't reduced wages- are they liable for the claim?

See my post below- not sure how it works but his boss might not be liable.
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