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NJ Unemployment Certification on Shabbos
« on: May 23, 2020, 10:55:23 PM »
I'm an observant jew... I received an email on Friday night stating that I needed to certify my unemployment the following day, on Shabbos. I did not get anything for weeks and the email stated that on May 23 If the "Claim Additional Week" button appears in the center-bottom of the confirmation screen, click the button and complete a certification for each week available on your claim. There may be multiple weeks available to you, which would allow you to receive multiple weeks of benefits". In my case this would've been 5 weeks. The email later stated that "If you miss your time on Saturday, you will be able to claim all weeks, beginning the week of Sunday May 24, according to the published schedule". In other words, I lost all prior weeks (which have been held up due to the backlog on your end) because I didn't certify on the only day that I was unable to certify on. Suggestions?

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Re: NJ Unemployment Certification on Shabbos
« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2020, 10:57:03 PM »
I'm an observant jew... I received an email on Friday night stating that I needed to certify my unemployment the following day, on Shabbos. I did not get anything for weeks and the email stated that on May 23 If the "Claim Additional Week" button appears in the center-bottom of the confirmation screen, click the button and complete a certification for each week available on your claim. There may be multiple weeks available to you, which would allow you to receive multiple weeks of benefits". In my case this would've been 5 weeks. The email later stated that "If you miss your time on Saturday, you will be able to claim all weeks, beginning the week of Sunday May 24, according to the published schedule". In other words, I lost all prior weeks (which have been held up due to the backlog on your end) because I didn't certify on the only day that I was unable to certify on. Suggestions?
IME you will be able to claim all weeks from the date of filing at your next scheduled certification. Experience from now and previous times.
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Re: NJ Unemployment Certification on Shabbos
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2020, 10:57:26 PM »
I'm an observant jew... I received an email on Friday night stating that I needed to certify my unemployment the following day, on Shabbos. I did not get anything for weeks and the email stated that on May 23 If the "Claim Additional Week" button appears in the center-bottom of the confirmation screen, click the button and complete a certification for each week available on your claim. There may be multiple weeks available to you, which would allow you to receive multiple weeks of benefits". In my case this would've been 5 weeks. The email later stated that "If you miss your time on Saturday, you will be able to claim all weeks, beginning the week of Sunday May 24, according to the published schedule". In other words, I lost all prior weeks (which have been held up due to the backlog on your end) because I didn't certify on the only day that I was unable to certify on. Suggestions?
There is a thread for Unemployment btw
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Re: NJ Unemployment Certification on Shabbos
« Reply #3 on: May 23, 2020, 11:07:27 PM »
Why can't you certify after Shabbos is over?

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Re: NJ Unemployment Certification on Shabbos
« Reply #4 on: May 23, 2020, 11:13:44 PM »
S209

Thanks for the reply. I hope you are right but the email stated ""If you miss your time on Saturday, you will be able to claim all weeks, beginning the week of Sunday May 24, according to the published schedule" meaning that I will only be able to claim all weeks beginning May 24 forward. Did you have a similar situation where you missed the first slot and were able to apply for previous weeks the following time?

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They only allow to certify on a specific day and time. My slot was 9am - 9:30 am and 4pm - 4:30 pm. I'm surprised that this has not been an issue for other observant jews.

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Re: NJ Unemployment Certification on Shabbos
« Reply #5 on: May 24, 2020, 12:39:19 AM »
S209

Thanks for the reply. I hope you are right but the email stated ""If you miss your time on Saturday, you will be able to claim all weeks, beginning the week of Sunday May 24, according to the published schedule" meaning that I will only be able to claim all weeks beginning May 24 forward. Did you have a similar situation where you missed the first slot and were able to apply for previous weeks the following time?

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They only allow to certify on a specific day and time. My slot was 9am - 9:30 am and 4pm - 4:30 pm. I'm surprised that this has not been an issue for other observant jews.
I had that last week and it was fine Bh
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Re: NJ Unemployment Certification on Shabbos
« Reply #6 on: May 24, 2020, 09:15:01 AM »
Thanks for the reply! My next date is tomorrow (Monday). I'll update this thread in case there is a yid down the line that has a similar situation.

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Re: NJ Unemployment Certification on Shabbos
« Reply #7 on: May 24, 2020, 10:06:51 AM »
Do it motzei shabbos

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Re: NJ Unemployment Certification on Shabbos
« Reply #8 on: May 24, 2020, 11:14:25 AM »
Can only certify at the 1/2 slot allotted to my SSN. Both slots were on Shabbos. Crazy stuff.

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Re: NJ Unemployment Certification on Shabbos
« Reply #9 on: May 24, 2020, 11:19:02 AM »
Can only certify at the 1/2 slot allotted to my SSN. Both slots were on Shabbos. Crazy stuff.
that is only a make up slot.
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Re: NJ Unemployment Certification on Shabbos
« Reply #10 on: May 25, 2020, 01:56:19 PM »
Hi,

My slot and make up slot were on Shabbos.

S209 was right, I was able to certify last week and all previous weeks from the time I filed. Thanks for calming me down ;-)

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Re: NJ Unemployment Certification on Shabbos
« Reply #11 on: May 25, 2020, 03:37:56 PM »
Hi,

My slot and make up slot were on Shabbos.

S209 was right, I was able to certify last week and all previous weeks from the time I filed. Thanks for calming me down ;-)
Np, glad to hear. You can also certify by phone outside of the slot
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