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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 You need an employment offer that was then rescinded to prove this.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 #1780 on: June 15, 2020, 01:22:36 AM »
In NY
does the state portion of regular UI end up falling back on the employer (if their account has over-spent their taxes or something like that)
does PUI have the same effect?
any way to 'choose' one over the other?

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1781 on: June 15, 2020, 09:02:23 AM »
Will NJ self employed recipients ever get the correct amount of unemployment or only the minimum that they have been getting?
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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1782 on: June 15, 2020, 09:50:16 AM »
Will NJ self employed recipients ever get the correct amount of unemployment or only the minimum that they have been getting?
They claim it'll be fixed...eventually.

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« Reply #1783 on: June 15, 2020, 10:00:43 AM »
Will NJ self employed recipients ever get the correct amount of unemployment or only the minimum that they have been getting?
Also, what are the numbers for next week's PowerBall lottery?

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1784 on: June 15, 2020, 10:16:09 AM »
In NY
does the state portion of regular UI end up falling back on the employer (if their account has over-spent their taxes or something like that)
does PUI have the same effect?
any way to 'choose' one over the other?

The regular portion of UI is always billed to the employer.
PUA is not billed to the employer, but you cannot choose which program to be on. It's possible that even when calling into to transfer for caring for kids at home (a PUA exemption) they don't actually do that internally but just make a note that you're eligible to continue collecting for this reason.

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1785 on: June 15, 2020, 10:22:50 AM »
The regular portion of UI is always billed to the employer.
PUA is not billed to the employer, but you cannot choose which program to be on. It's possible that even when calling into to transfer for caring for kids at home (a PUA exemption) they don't actually do that internally but just make a note that you're eligible to continue collecting for this reason.
I was switched from w2 to 1099,much fewer hours. What's the best way to file that to get to PUA?

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1786 on: June 15, 2020, 10:31:09 AM »
I was switched from w2 to 1099,much fewer hours. What's the best way to file that to get to PUA?

Chances are if you had W2 income in the last 18 months they'll put you on regular UI- you can't elect which program to go on.
Apply here: https://unemployment.labor.ny.gov/
If your benefit rate is determined based on your W2 wages only and it would be higher if you add in your 1099 income, send back the Reconsideration Form they send you with your Benefit Determination Letter, and include both your W2 wages and 1099 income on the form. This won't switch you to PUA- it will just increase your Weekly Benefit Rate.

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1787 on: June 15, 2020, 11:07:10 AM »
Anyone has one of the following two issues with NY DoL Docusign backpayments? I have both of the following:
1. Docusign had me certifying x weeks, all besides one resulted in payments on the DoL portal’s payment history page. One week was not paid (PUA or FPUC).
2. For the weeks that did show payments on the payments page, all the PUA payments posted to my bank account, and all besides for one of the FPUC payments posted. One FPUC payment that’s listed on the DoL payment history page didn’t post to my account. Because there are several of them I can’t know which week didn’t post.

When I called the DoL and spoke to a claims specialist (tier 2). He couldn’t resolve either of these issues and suggested I send an online message.

It feels like an online message might take many weeks to process, anyone (@cgr?) have any better ideas?

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1788 on: June 15, 2020, 11:11:40 AM »
Anyone has one of the following two issues with NY DoL Docusign backpayments? I have both of the following:
1. Docusign had me certifying x weeks, all besides one resulted in payments on the DoL portal’s payment history page. One week was not paid (PUA or FPUC).
2. For the weeks that did show payments on the payments page, all the PUA payments posted to my bank account, and all besides for one of the FPUC payments posted. One FPUC payment that’s listed on the DoL payment history page didn’t post to my account. Because there are several of them I can’t know which week didn’t post.

When I called the DoL and spoke to a claims specialist (tier 2). He couldn’t resolve either of these issues and suggested I send an online message.

It feels like an online message might take many weeks to process, anyone (@cgr?) have any better ideas?

TIA!

They are actually responding to online messages now (within a day or two) so definitely give it a shot.
My other suggestion would be to call again- might have better luck with a different specialist.

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1789 on: June 15, 2020, 11:17:45 AM »
They are actually responding to online messages now (within a day or two) so definitely give it a shot.
My other suggestion would be to call again- might have better luck with a different specialist.

Yup. My “specialist” was a sweet older man named Don whose regular job as a litigation attorney is on hold.
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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1790 on: June 15, 2020, 11:18:37 AM »
They are actually responding to online messages now (within a day or two) so definitely give it a shot.
My other suggestion would be to call again- might have better luck with a different specialist.
Old messages too, or is it better to send a new one?
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« Reply #1791 on: June 15, 2020, 11:30:41 AM »
Old messages too, or is it better to send a new one?

Send a new one. I haven't seen responses to older messages.

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« Reply #1792 on: June 15, 2020, 11:31:24 AM »
Also, what are the numbers for next week's PowerBall lottery?
Too funny for a Monday morning :P
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« Reply #1793 on: June 15, 2020, 11:31:54 AM »
Send a new one. I haven't seen responses to older messages.
Will try, TY. (About a week ago I got responses to really old messages, but one response was a cut/paste and the other one was just asking if the matter was resolved. I responded to that one and haven't heard back.)
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« Reply #1794 on: June 15, 2020, 02:50:56 PM »
My other suggestion would be to call again- might have better luck with a different specialist.

Big thanks to @cgr This time I got through to a real tier-2 specialist who was able to address both issues and tells me to expect the payments to arrive within a few days.

Oddly, the specialist mentioned that for some unknown reason one of the week’s payment was clawed back. Maybe because I had an outstanding request to send in ID verification, but I’m pretty sure I had provided that before the deadline, maybe they had a processing delay.
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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1795 on: June 15, 2020, 03:39:20 PM »
I am on unemployment as a self employed contractor, my agency pays me 1099.

Can I bill now and get paid for work from a couple of months ago? or would that be an issue with unemployment?

Thank you in advance.

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1796 on: June 15, 2020, 03:44:11 PM »
In NY if someone filed a new claim approx 4 weeks ago, and didnt hear back from them yet (certifies every week), anything to do about it? Or just wait it out?

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #1797 on: June 15, 2020, 04:00:49 PM »
I am on unemployment as a self employed contractor, my agency pays me 1099.

Can I bill now and get paid for work from a couple of months ago? or would that be an issue with unemployment?

Thank you in advance.

You can receive outstanding payments while collecting PUA. The issue is working and earning (collecting is not considered earning).
Best to date invoices back when they were earned not to cause any issues with billing dates coinciding with PUA dates.

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« Reply #1798 on: June 15, 2020, 04:01:05 PM »
In NY if someone filed a new claim approx 4 weeks ago, and didnt hear back from them yet (certifies every week), anything to do about it? Or just wait it out?

Yes, you can call the DOL. Almost no wait times.

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« Reply #1799 on: June 15, 2020, 08:36:11 PM »
So my sister is a teacher, n she gets paid only 10 months out of the year, she applied in NY for unemployment, she is getting it weekly now for few weeks.
But now she got this letter, does it mean it she won’t get paid july n aug?
Starting in September she will go off unemployment, n start her teaching job.