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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 You need an employment offer that was then rescinded to prove this.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 #2960 on: August 18, 2020, 07:00:01 PM »
Anyone else not able to file a new case on the website?
Keep getting the regular login and not creat a login
Which state are you attempting to file in?

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #2961 on: August 18, 2020, 07:01:51 PM »
At what point would they ask for my EID?
also, is it a requirement to file more than a specific amount on my 2019 taxes in order to qualify?

Not needed when filing, and most don't get a request for it at all.
There is no minimum self-employment income needed on your 2019 return to qualify, although you do need to prove some sort of prior income.

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #2962 on: August 18, 2020, 07:56:25 PM »
Not needed when filing, and most don't get a request for it at all.
There is no minimum self-employment income needed on your 2019 return to qualify, although you do need to prove some sort of prior income.
This wouldn't be a self-employment income.
didn't start my job till mid January.
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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #2963 on: August 18, 2020, 08:03:12 PM »
This wouldn't be a self-employment income.
didn't start my job till mid January.
thank you for all your help.

Then you don't need your 2019 return for this at all.
If it's W2 they should have a record of your wages and you shouldn't need to provide anything at all- if it's 1099 or they can't locate your wages paystubs will do as proof.

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #2964 on: August 18, 2020, 11:50:53 PM »
According the FAQ from the DOL it looks like the $100 threshold is the amount a claimant is eligible to receive, not what they actually receive. (i.e. a person with a WBA of $182 but works 2 days) 

"Receiving at least $100
7. Question: How does a state determine if an individual meets the eligibility requirement
under the Presidential Memo that he or she must receive at least $100 in benefits for the
underlying unemployment benefit program?
Answer: This eligibility provision is determined at the individual level based on the
individual’s weekly benefit amount (WBA). An individual is determined to have
received at least $100 per week for purposes of being an “eligible claimant” if the
individual’s WBA as provided on the monetary determination is at least $100 (including
I-4 any dependents’ allowance). In addition, the week in question must be considered
compensable."
@cgr what youre "psak" on this?
its a big difference for all those whose wba is 182. if they work 2 days the payment that week drops to 91...

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #2965 on: August 19, 2020, 01:15:46 AM »
THERE IS STILL HOPE! WITHIN A FEW YEARS THE SYSTEM WILL BE MODERNIZED AND YOU WILL BE ABLE TO BACKDATE CLAIMS :'(
https://www.law360.com/access-to-justice/articles/1299519/unemployment-surge-draws-lawyers-to-the-front-lines-?nl_pk=42ccbfd0-5538-43b2-a0df-f745d3cdcb4f&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=access-to-justice&read_more=1

Some states are considering using federal coronavirus relief funding to modernize their systems. New Jersey state lawmakers are weighing directing $50 million of that funding toward updating their unemployment agency's IT and hiring additional staff.

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #2966 on: August 19, 2020, 08:53:25 AM »
@cgr what youre "psak" on this?
its a big difference for all those whose wba is 182. if they work 2 days the payment that week drops to 91...
I'm still waiting for the source from @yosefsv -don't want to say either way before I see it in context.

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #2967 on: August 19, 2020, 11:12:30 AM »
I'm still waiting for the source from @yosefsv -don't want to say either way before I see it in context.
See attached.

Sorry for the delay....
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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #2968 on: August 19, 2020, 11:43:54 AM »
See attached.

Sorry for the delay....
Thanks! Here's the direct DOL link: https://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/attach/UIPL/UIPL_27-20_Change-1.pdf

So here are my thoughts:
An individual is determined to have received at least $100 per week for purposes of being an “eligible claimant” if the individual’s WBA as provided on the monetary determination is at least $100 (including any dependents’ allowance). In addition, the week in question must be considered compensable.
This seems pretty clear that as long as your Monetary Determination is above $100 (that's everyone in NY and NJ excluding some EB claimants) and you're receiving some payment that week, you'll get the $300 supplement.

Now, here's how FEMA (the one actually administering the funds and helping states with guidelines) phrased it:
https://www.fema.gov/disasters/coronavirus/supplemental-payments-lost-wages
Eligible individuals are: Recipients of at least $100 per week of any of the following benefits for the week they are seeking unemployment benefits

The law is probably like the DOL states, or else there wouldn't be such clear guidelines on it, but I can see confusion about it at the state level which might cause delayed payments for such individuals until it's hashed out.

Would love to hear more opinions.

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #2969 on: August 19, 2020, 11:55:58 AM »

Now, here's how FEMA (the one actually administering the funds and helping states with guidelines) phrased it:
https://www.fema.gov/disasters/coronavirus/supplemental-payments-lost-wages
Eligible individuals are: Recipients of at least $100 per week of any of the following benefits for the week they are seeking unemployment benefits

The law is probably like the DOL states, or else there wouldn't be such clear guidelines on it, but I can see confusion about it at the state level which might cause delayed payments for such individuals until it's hashed out.

Would love to hear more opinions.

FEMA's FAQ (as you mentioned in an earlier post) also states that you have to be just eligible for the $100.

A state/territory may provide supplemental lost wages payments to individuals (“claimants”) currently eligible for at least $100 per week in UI compensation from the week of August 1, 2020 from any of the following:...
https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files/2020-08/fema_supplement-lost-wages-payments-under-other-needs-assistance_faq_0.pdf
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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #2970 on: August 19, 2020, 12:08:18 PM »
FEMA's FAQ (as you mentioned in an earlier post) also states that you have to be just eligible for the $100.

A state/territory may provide supplemental lost wages payments to individuals (“claimants”) currently eligible for at least $100 per week in UI compensation from the week of August 1, 2020 from any of the following:...
https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files/2020-08/fema_supplement-lost-wages-payments-under-other-needs-assistance_faq_0.pdf

I don't want to use that as proof of anything because it's very clear that you do need to receive payment in a given week to be eligible, and not just have a Monetary Determination on file... without them defining the term "currently eligible" it doesn't mean much.

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #2971 on: August 19, 2020, 12:20:42 PM »
It's very clear that you do need to receive payment in a given week to be eligible, and not just have a Monetary Determination on file...
Correct. and therefore they further write:
Individuals are required to self-certify through established state/territory unemployment insurance procedures that they are unemployed or partially unemployed due to disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic as part of the initial unemployment insurance claims process.
Claimants who previously selfcertified that they are unemployed or partially unemployed due to disruptions caused by COVID-19 under Pandemic Unemployment Assistance will not need to recertify again.


But i do agree that
I can see confusion about it at the state level which might cause delayed payments for such individuals until it's hashed out.
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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #2972 on: August 19, 2020, 12:24:54 PM »
Correct. and therefore they further write:
Individuals are required to self-certify through established state/territory unemployment insurance procedures that they are unemployed or partially unemployed due to disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic as part of the initial unemployment insurance claims process.
Claimants who previously selfcertified that they are unemployed or partially unemployed due to disruptions caused by COVID-19 under Pandemic Unemployment Assistance will not need to recertify again.



I'm still not reassured (not on the actual law, rather on the transparency at implementation)...
Depending on your WBR you could be partially employed and still receive a payment of $100+... partial unemployment does not necessarily equal a payment of less than $100.

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #2973 on: August 19, 2020, 02:12:22 PM »
Did anyone who got a call from NJ Unemployment have a resolution still nothing on my end....

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #2974 on: August 19, 2020, 03:02:20 PM »
Someone who lives in NY but worked for a Canadian company, could he file for UI in NY?
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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #2975 on: August 19, 2020, 03:05:17 PM »
Someone who lives in NY but worked for a Canadian company, could he file for UI in NY?
W2 equivalent? Or 1099?

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #2976 on: August 19, 2020, 03:42:20 PM »
W2 equivalent? Or 1099?
1099
Its a schedule C Self employment income for researching services.
Although the payment came from a Canadian source it is not indicated on the return as Canadian employment.
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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #2977 on: August 19, 2020, 04:01:44 PM »
1099
Its a schedule C Self employment income for researching services.
Although the payment came from a Canadian source it is not indicated on the return as Canadian employment.
As 1099/SE the payment source wouldn't matter as long as the work is being performed in NY (NY state tax return).

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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #2978 on: August 19, 2020, 08:11:00 PM »
As 1099/SE the payment source wouldn't matter as long as the work is being performed in NY (NY state tax return).
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Re: Unemployment Help
« Reply #2979 on: August 19, 2020, 08:57:23 PM »
How long does it take to get a determination in NY? I filed last night.
(Only asking because from the people i know that filed got an answer within 24hrs...)