Some of you received a letter from the Department of Labor about overpayments.
Other weird things about unemployment benefits this month. Or you can call Legal Services NYC at 91, The Legal Aid Society’s access to benefits hotline at 88 or the Center for Urban Community Services at 85. You can find your state representatives’ contact information here. We have been able to get through some of these logjams.” It doesn’t mean we can solve every problem, but we can figure out what the problem is and maybe solve it quicker. Nicole Salk, a senior attorney at Legal Services NYC, said: “We have a means of getting through. Legal service providers and state elected officials - including state senators and Assembly members - can advocate on your behalf to help get your claim resolved. Reach out to someone who can make sure your claim gets attention. If these tips haven’t applied to you so far or you’ve done these things and are still having issues.Ĥ.
It can take up to two weeks for the DOL to process the identity verification, which may put your payments on hold for that time. ( Before you click anything, though, double and triple check that it’s coming from a legitimate source.) Here’s a guide, and here’s a video that walks you through the process. If the DOL asks you to verify your identity through a process called ID.me, do it as soon as possible. In order to prevent fraud, the DOL is asking a lot of people to verify their identity to keep getting their unemployment benefits. Important note: New claims can take two to three weeks to process, and your payments may get backed up.īut as soon as your new claim is approved, you’ll get back pay to your BYE date.Īccording to DOL officials, claims are being processed within this three-week time frame unless the cases are “extremely complex.” Claims may take longer to process if they’re being contested or appealed, or if the DOL needs additional documents from the person (the DOL will text, email or call if it does). Once again, this means $1,500 in total, not just in one week. So, if you’ve gone back to work even temporarily and have made at least $1,500 in total in the span of the year when your claim has been open, then you need to file a new claim when you reach your BYE date. You need to file a new claim if you have made more than 10 times your weekly benefit in total over the last year from an employer.įor example, if your weekly benefit amount is $150, then 10 times that is $1,500. But if you are collecting traditional unemployment insurance (UI), you may need to. If you are receiving Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, or PUA, you can just keep recertifying and don’t need to file a new claim. Triple check to make sure you don’t need to file a new claim. This is not the same thing as filing a new claim.Ģ. Whether you need to file a new claim or not, everyone needs to fill out the DocuSign form to continue receiving benefits. According to the DOL, you should have gotten an email or text message with instructions about what to do, and a DocuSign form to fill out. When you’ve reached a year on your unemployment claim, some people can just keep recertifying every week on their existing claim while others need to file a new claim. We also found answers to other questions about some other weird stuff happening with unemployment benefits. We checked in with officials at the state Department of Labor and a couple worker advocates to get some tips to help you get your claim and your payments straightened out.
(Maybe we should rename our Jobs Newsletter to “It’s complicated,” because that’s almost always the case.) So we looked into what could be going on. Members and sponsors make THE CITY possible.
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