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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 You need an employment offer that was then rescinded to prove this.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.
$0 Benefit Determination:
Email @cgr for instructions on a fix for this issue

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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 #1660 on: June 08, 2020, 09:24:46 PM »
Correct.
If you're the latest employer (responsible for 7 weeks) but you paid the employee 6X or less of what is being billed to your UI account, you can also contest to have some charges removed.

I'm not clear who picks up on rejected charges that don't disqualify the employee from collecting- perhaps that portion is funded by the state?
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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1661 on: June 09, 2020, 06:13:20 AM »
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

@etech0 my Docusign email finally arrived at 1am today. Hopefully you either got yours too or it’s coming soon.
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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1662 on: June 09, 2020, 06:53:16 AM »
@etech0 my Docusign email finally arrived at 1am today. Hopefully you either got yours too or it’s coming soon.
Nice Bh, Did you request it somehow?

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1663 on: June 09, 2020, 07:50:05 AM »
I signed up for direct deposit and I noticed online that they sent me a debit card, anybody know why they did this? Can I have them cancel the debit card and send me direct deposit?

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1664 on: June 09, 2020, 07:56:24 AM »
I signed up for direct deposit and I noticed online that they sent me a debit card, anybody know why they did this? Can I have them cancel the debit card and send me direct deposit?
A few others said the same up-thread. They seemed to think it was because the state had an issue confirming the account, so they just send a debit. You can transfer the funds from your debit directly to your bank account (on the BOA website - there is a link up-thread).

I personally didn't experience it, so maybe others can chime in. But that's what I remember from others...

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1665 on: June 09, 2020, 08:19:26 AM »
Nice Bh, Did you request it somehow?

I’ve been nagging my local (state) elected officials’ offices and they’ve supposedly been forwarding my inquiries to the DOL. but this has been going on for months now and movement hasn’t correlated in any way to these communications, so I doubt it helped.
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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1666 on: June 09, 2020, 08:31:35 AM »
A few others said the same up-thread. They seemed to think it was because the state had an issue confirming the account, so they just send a debit. You can transfer the funds from your debit directly to your bank account (on the BOA website - there is a link up-thread).

I personally didn't experience it, so maybe others can chime in. But that's what I remember from others...

Thanks, I was wondering If its possible to cancel the debit card before it arrives and switch back to direct deposti?

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1667 on: June 09, 2020, 09:06:50 AM »
@etech0 my Docusign email finally arrived at 1am today. Hopefully you either got yours too or it’s coming soon.
This morning I got an email that there's a message for me on the website. I got all excited but the message was that they will be sending out docusign forms for certifying prior weeks.

Hopefully this means they will get to me soon? IDK but I think they sent me an email about docusign over a month ago...
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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1668 on: June 09, 2020, 09:29:58 AM »
This morning I got an email that there's a message for me on the website. I got all excited but the message was that they will be sending out docusign forms for certifying prior weeks.

Hopefully this means they will get to me soon? IDK but I think they sent me an email about docusign over a month ago...

Never heard of that before for people who got Docusign. Was it a response to an inquiry from you? Hopefully it’s true and your Docusign will arrive soon.
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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1669 on: June 09, 2020, 10:20:38 AM »
I signed up for direct deposit and I noticed online that they sent me a debit card, anybody know why they did this? Can I have them cancel the debit card and send me direct deposit?
DOL says on their website that it takes  5 business days for direct deposit to be updated.

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« Reply #1670 on: June 09, 2020, 10:25:05 AM »
Never heard of that before for people who got Docusign. Was it a response to an inquiry from you? Hopefully it’s true and your Docusign will arrive soon.
It might have been a response to a message, I messaged them like 2 months ago about backdating...
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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1671 on: June 09, 2020, 11:14:42 AM »
I’ve been nagging my local (state) elected officials’ offices and they’ve supposedly been forwarding my inquiries to the DOL. but this has been going on for months now and movement hasn’t correlated in any way to these communications, so I doubt it helped.
Got DocuSign a few minutes ago BH.

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1672 on: June 09, 2020, 11:24:44 AM »
Got DocuSign a few minutes ago BH.

Hopefully more are coming shortly to all those in need.
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« Reply #1673 on: June 09, 2020, 11:25:43 AM »
Hopefully more are coming shortly to all those in need.
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« Reply #1674 on: June 09, 2020, 02:11:32 PM »
I guess they are getting through their backlog, I just got another message in reply to one I sent on 5/1, asking if the matter was resolved. (It was not :) )
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« Reply #1675 on: June 09, 2020, 03:51:05 PM »
I've seen much of this info upthread, but can't piece it together for my situation. Was hoping someone would be able to give me info on my specifics.
My wife filed on May 3 in NJ.
She had a W-2 from Jan 2019 for $180. That's when she quit to work on her own.
On 2019 taxes she had a 1099 for $3420 and Sced C of $4000.
She added both those into the employment section on the app.
Can I expect her to be approved for PUA?
If yes, is there anything I can do to expedite the process?


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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1676 on: June 09, 2020, 04:02:44 PM »
She had a W-2 from Jan 2019 for $180. That's when she quit to work on her own.
On 2019 taxes she had a 1099 for $3420 and Sced C of $4000.
She added both those into the employment section on the app.
Can I expect her to be approved for PUA?

She's eligible be for PUA and based on the income noted will receive the minimum PUA rate of $231.

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1677 on: June 09, 2020, 04:54:10 PM »
Has anyone figured out how to get through to the unemployment office in NJ? I have tried right when they open at different times Im either too early or too late.

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1678 on: June 10, 2020, 02:15:16 AM »
Noticed I was paid twice for a few weeks (only reg UI amount, not the add'l $600) - any DP on this? Will they "adjust" later and not pay future weeks, or claw back?

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« Reply #1679 on: June 10, 2020, 08:49:26 AM »
Has anyone figured out how to get through to the unemployment office in NJ? I have tried right when they open at different times Im either too early or too late.
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