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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 You need an employment offer that was then rescinded to prove this.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 #2780 on: August 06, 2020, 05:13:07 PM »
Ok after spending a whole reading this thread. I still have a question that i havent seen asked.
Can a self employed tutor who only got paid with checks and has not worked long enough to file file for unemployment? True story I actually got unemployed due to corona!
And if yes what proof is enough when asked?

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #2781 on: August 06, 2020, 05:21:25 PM »
Ok after spending a whole reading this thread. I still have a question that i havent seen asked.
Can a self employed tutor who only got paid with checks and has not worked long enough to file file for unemployment? True story I actually got unemployed due to corona!
And if yes what proof is enough when asked?

Don't think you read through the whole thread then ;)
Yes, you can file.
You can submit copies of cancelled checks as proof.

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #2782 on: August 06, 2020, 05:26:10 PM »
Don't think you read through the whole thread then ;)
Yes, you can file.
You can submit copies of cancelled checks as proof.

Definitely not all 186 but a solid 50 :)
Is there a minimum of how much a needed to be making?

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #2783 on: August 06, 2020, 05:28:45 PM »
That is weird but if they were both approved who cares... let the DOL handle their problems...
It doesn't matter if one is on UI or PUA- both are eligible for FPUC for certifications from 03/30-07/26.

1) Wait... so in practice, there's no actual difference between UI and PUA - both Person A and Person B will walk away with the exact same amount of money, once the dust settles and all previous weeks are paid for?

2) Going forward, now that FPUC is over, will there be any difference between them? Will Person B be losing out in any way in future weeks, that it's worth trying to call the DOL now and getting them to switch it to PUA?

3) When logging into Person B's online account, is there anywhere that it actually says whether they're on UI or PUA? Or our entire knowledge of which program they're on is based solely on the link in that text message, with no further way to tell the current status? I'm wondering if maybe they were at first accepted for UI, and then the DOL later switched it to PUA on their own, once they realized the mistake (after the text was already sent), and that's why Person B's rate is now $182.

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #2784 on: August 06, 2020, 05:40:17 PM »

Definitely not all 186 but a solid 50 :)
Is there a minimum of how much a needed to be making?
A minimum for prior income? No.

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #2785 on: August 06, 2020, 05:43:57 PM »
1) Wait... so in practice, there's no actual difference between UI and PUA - both Person A and Person B will walk away with the exact same amount of money, once the dust settles and all previous weeks are paid for?

2) Going forward, now that FPUC is over, will there be any difference between them? Will Person B be losing out in any way in future weeks, that it's worth trying to call the DOL now and getting them to switch it to PUA?

3) When logging into Person B's online account, is there anywhere that it actually says whether they're on UI or PUA? Or our entire knowledge of which program they're on is based solely on the link in that text message, with no further way to tell the current status? I'm wondering if maybe they were at first accepted for UI, and then the DOL later switched it to PUA on their own, once they realized the mistake (after the text was already sent), and that's why Person B's rate is now $182.

1) correct
2) right now the maximum # of weeks one can be on UI is 59, while PUA is 46 weeks max but it can't go past 12/31/20. I'm not so convinced that B is actually on UI though... more on that in #3
3) I like this theory or something similar where there was a processing error in his notifications but not in his actual assignment. The $182 is telling and points to PUA. If you try using the TCC to certify you might very well get an error when trying the regular line and be directed to the PUA #.

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #2786 on: August 06, 2020, 06:23:17 PM »
3) When logging into Person B's online account, is there anywhere that it actually says whether they're on UI or PUA? Or our entire knowledge of which program they're on is based solely on the link in that text message, with no further way to tell the current status? I'm wondering if maybe they were at first accepted for UI, and then the DOL later switched it to PUA on their own, once they realized the mistake (after the text was already sent), and that's why Person B's rate is now $182.
I know somebody that Applied starting from Mar 15. Got a Email and text that approved with a UI link. Checked online showed last week worked May 31 with a rate of $182.
The next day logged in and said rate of $0 with no last week worked.
Today got another email/text that it's approved with the PUA link and last day worked is Mar 15.
So could be this theory has some merit.

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #2787 on: August 06, 2020, 06:35:42 PM »
An American citizen who was working from abroad and gets a 1099, can he file for UI if he lost his job?

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #2788 on: August 06, 2020, 06:37:23 PM »
An American citizen who was working from abroad and gets a 1099, can he file for UI if he lost his job?
Travel to Canada is generally allowed but per the rules you need to call and get permission.
This is a general rule that applies when traveling to anywhere else in the States or Canada- you usually can but the DOL must know about it.
Foreign travel (other than Canada) disqualifies you from collecting.

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #2789 on: August 06, 2020, 07:40:22 PM »
An American citizen who was working from abroad and gets a 1099, can he file for UI if he lost his job?

It's complicated. My suggestion is to call in and get permission. If you file a NY return mention that- it should help your case.

@oldguy there are different rules for US employees traveling abroad as there are for US employees living and working from abroad.

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #2790 on: August 06, 2020, 08:20:18 PM »
Has anyone received a call in NJ about backpay?
Not us.

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #2791 on: August 06, 2020, 08:27:08 PM »
Has anyone received a call in NJ about backpay?
Yes.
Called today in the morning, got a call-back late afternoon.

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #2792 on: August 06, 2020, 11:19:08 PM »
NJ.
Someone thought they weren't eligible to continue receiving benefits and stopped certifying. Now that they were informed they were eligible they wanna go ahead and start certifying for those weeks and for the future. They missed 4 or 5 weeks of certifying. Can they just go ahead and certify now? Is there anything extra they have to do?

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #2793 on: August 06, 2020, 11:26:19 PM »
It's complicated. My suggestion is to call in and get permission. If you file a NY return mention that- it should help your case.

@oldguy there are different rules for US employees traveling abroad as there are for US employees living and working from abroad.
So if someone works for an American company abroad why can they not file for UI? I understood from previous posts that if you are not physically in the US you are not eligible. Is that wrong?

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #2794 on: August 07, 2020, 07:35:04 AM »
Yes.
Called today in the morning, got a call-back late afternoon.
And? You got the back pay?

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #2795 on: August 07, 2020, 07:51:23 AM »
So if someone works for an American company abroad why can they not file for UI? I understood from previous posts that if you are not physically in the US you are not eligible. Is that wrong?

It's a thorny issue.
If you work in the US and are traveling abroad you're not eligible since you're not ready willing and able to work.

If you reside abroad and work for a US firm then you might be. There's a clause in the UI laws about eligibility if you work for a US firm and aren't covered by any other country's unemployment benefits. It's not so clear cut because some weekly certifications ask if you were present in the US or else you're ineligible. On the other hand I know of countless cases where permission was received to file from abroad.
I'm dealing with a case now where the claimant (W2 so employer pays SUTA) was denied for not being in a location where they can physically report to a DOL office (they're in IL). I'm countering with the above-mentioned clause about not having alternative coverage and being a US employee. We'll see how it goes...

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #2796 on: August 07, 2020, 10:32:52 AM »
And? You got the back pay?
I requested it, and was told I will get it within 10 business days.

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #2797 on: August 07, 2020, 10:43:50 AM »
NJ.
Someone thought they weren't eligible to continue receiving benefits and stopped certifying. Now that they were informed they were eligible they wanna go ahead and start certifying for those weeks and for the future. They missed 4 or 5 weeks of certifying. Can they just go ahead and certify now? Is there anything extra they have to do?
Just certify
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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #2798 on: August 07, 2020, 11:08:30 AM »
I requested it, and was told I will get it within 10 business days.
Thank you.

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #2799 on: August 07, 2020, 02:39:11 PM »
I requested it, and was told I will get it within 10 business days.

Don't hold your breath, I know several ppl who were told that a lot more than 10 days ago