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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 You need an employment offer that was then rescinded to prove this.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:
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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 #2240 on: July 09, 2020, 04:10:51 PM »
You should tell them and they'll note the change internally. You don't want to receive a Overpayment Notice and then have to deal with it and potential penalties.
Good move will call them and tell them thanks so much.
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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #2241 on: July 09, 2020, 08:20:47 PM »
Yes, teacher is eligible, but runs into the same issue that W2+SE run into- DOL puts them on regular UI and sends a claim letter to the school when they have no responsibility.
Teacher should submit claim with camp employer information and "last date worked" as schedule start date (not last day of school).
The school should reject the claim on their end and let it play out from there.

You mentioned "See Cuomo"- if the job offer is in NY they should file for PUA in NY (and will receive $182 instead of $231). You can make a case of establishing a claim in NJ but since you don't want to claim against any NJ job, I think it will complicate matters.

But what if she was already on unemployment from her school? How would she switch it to be from her summer job? Does she have to do anything, or just keep claiming?

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #2242 on: July 09, 2020, 08:26:19 PM »
Anyone know if parsonage has to be reported as income when claiming benefits? NJ

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #2243 on: July 09, 2020, 08:26:48 PM »
But what if she was already on unemployment from her school? How would she switch it to be from her summer job? Does she have to do anything, or just keep claiming?
If she's already on unemployment and has a 10 month contract, does she have assurances for a job come September? If not she's eligible over the summer so you don't have to deal with a PUA switchover.
If she has assurances for a job in September you'd need to call in to have the switch done from UI to PUA over the summer (technically they should let you know that you're not eligible over the summer and you can then make your case that she's eligible for PUA based on a summer job offer).

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #2244 on: July 09, 2020, 08:32:01 PM »
Anyone know if parsonage has to be reported as income when claiming benefits? NJ
Check out the Wages section starting with the paragraph Payments in kind for personal services such as meals, board, lodging or any other payment in kind received by a worker til after the Note paragraph.

https://www.nj.gov/labor/handbook/chap1/chap1sec4ContributionReports.shtml

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #2245 on: July 09, 2020, 09:56:08 PM »
Anyone know if parsonage has to be reported as income when claiming benefits? NJ
Unemployment of parsonage is definitely gets you unemployment benefits. If that helps...

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #2246 on: July 09, 2020, 10:23:44 PM »
Check out the Wages section starting with the paragraph Payments in kind for personal services such as meals, board, lodging or any other payment in kind received by a worker til after the Note paragraph.

https://www.nj.gov/labor/handbook/chap1/chap1sec4ContributionReports.shtml

Thanks. When I click on the link, it says the page does not exist?

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #2247 on: July 09, 2020, 11:36:43 PM »
Thanks. When I click on the link, it says the page does not exist?

Odd. Works when I navigate to it but not as a link.
From the lefthand section click on "Employer Handbook", scroll down to Section 4, and click on Wages. Then follow my previous instructions.

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #2248 on: July 10, 2020, 09:49:50 AM »
Workflowy. You won't know what you're missing until you try it.

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #2250 on: July 10, 2020, 11:13:44 AM »
Yup.
There was an extra s in the link
Workflowy. You won't know what you're missing until you try it.

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #2251 on: July 10, 2020, 11:35:34 AM »
There was an extra s in the link

Must be my browser being funky because it was a copy/paste straight from there.

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« Reply #2252 on: July 10, 2020, 11:45:46 AM »
Must be my browser being funky because it was a copy/paste straight from there.
Yeah figured something like that :)
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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #2253 on: July 10, 2020, 02:59:15 PM »
Anywhere I can reach a phone rep in NY?
Having problems recertifying the last few weeks.

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #2254 on: July 10, 2020, 03:10:19 PM »
Those who have gotten through to a rep in nj, and asked for backpay, does it usually get fixed on its own, or does someone actually call you?
How soon after placing the initial call, does someone contact you?

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #2255 on: July 10, 2020, 03:20:02 PM »
Anywhere I can reach a phone rep in NY?
Having problems recertifying the last few weeks.

By calling. Sometimes you can get through right away and sometimes you need to wait on hold for a while.

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #2256 on: July 10, 2020, 03:44:48 PM »
Only hear an option to enter social and then only option to recertify, which goes through but then after a day I can certify again.
I tried over the phone and online multiple times.

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #2257 on: July 10, 2020, 03:54:39 PM »
Only hear an option to enter social and then only option to recertify, which goes through but then after a day I can certify again.
I tried over the phone and online multiple times.
Go with a prompt that gets you to a live agent.

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #2258 on: July 10, 2020, 04:45:36 PM »
Those who have gotten through to a rep in nj, and asked for backpay, does it usually get fixed on its own, or does someone actually call you?
How soon after placing the initial call, does someone contact you?

I called and got through the said they were filling out a form and I would get a call/email back.... I got nothing so far its been a week

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #2259 on: July 10, 2020, 04:45:59 PM »
I called and got through the said they were filling out a form and I would get a call/email back.... I got nothing so far its been a week

I have been trying to get someone on the phone but no luck