Hi; I typically get my unemployment benefits on Monday due to a bank with early pay. Being that the holiday is today, would I still get them tomorrow? Or would it come Wednesday since they didn’t process it yet?

When completing my initial unemployment application with the VEC, after I submitted it showed a message saying that to receive benefits I was required to register to work with the Virginia Workforce Connection System.

I went to that website in to make an account and realized I already had one from when I was unemployed during COVID. It wouldn’t let me make a new profile since my SSN was attached to the old one, so I reset my password and was able to get into my original account.

But I am not sure what else is needed from me beyond that.

Are people doing anything in that platform to receive benefits or you just need to have an active account linked to your SSN? I also wasn’t sure how much of my profile I should have updated beyond the required fields.

I have filled out everything on my end (claim wise) and followed all the instructions that I was given. I have been waiting since July for my benefits to start. I have called repeatedly and conveniently there is never an answer.

I just asked my senators office for assistance. Any advise?

As the tittle says, will I still get paid for the two out of 3 weeks? can I claim the last week before i start working? and if I start lets say next monday do I still claim for this week even tho I turned down the former employer?

I was fired for performance issues & HR worded the reasoning as conscious poor performance, which came across as misconduct? The appeal status has been pending since & I’m so livid, I’ve been living off my savings. I have proof of every performance issue & since I accepted the severance from my former employer, they said they’re waiting on the appeal paperwork. Once received & appeal date is scheduled, the paperwork will reflect more along the lines of typical performance issues (that’s what HR said). And when I called the appeal customer service line directly, they said the appeal process takes up to 3 months. I continue to request benefits every week & aware it’s retroactive but…will I ever get my funds? This is so unfair

Like it says in the title — the site has worked (mostly) fine for me in the past, but tonight it lets me input my username and password, tick the agreement box, and hit the Login button, but then it gives me a page that says "Sorry, we had a problem" in a big region with a colored background, followed by (with a white background) "Your request is temporarily blocked. Please try again later." It also does this when I try to send a username reminder to my email (just to test whether that works), again, after entering my email and clicking the button. Forgotten password prompt, the same.

Is this true for everyone, or just me? (Can anyone test it?) Is there a solution? And is there any way to get Michigan to _not_ screw me out of a week's worth of benefits if this doesn't resolve in the next hour?

Checked my bank account, saw money was deposited and checked MiWam but there's nothing on my page since my previous claim 9 months ago. I'm not sure what to make of it.

From the weeks ending in 7/25 and 8/1 I see that it’s been processed but still “pending” for weeks on the website, but the actual payments have not reached my Virginia prepaid card. I called on Monday asking why there was a delay and the lady I spoke to had no explanation, she just said she “re-sent” it and that the funds would reach my account within 24-72 hours. It’s Saturday so that clearly has not happened. I was laid off in May and still haven’t received anything from my time being unemployed between stuff like this and an active appeal I’m waiting to hear back on - they had a question about part time employment and I didn’t answer the phone when they called me, so automatically denied for those specific weeks. I was told over the phone in July to keep filing since there’s nothing stopping me from getting paid in the subsequent weeks but I’ve still had no luck, haven’t even gotten the paid the “paid to date” funds. Anyone have similar issues?

hi everyone. i have a claim in alabama. i’ve been applying to jobs on indeed, glassdoor, and the alabama workforce website. do the 3 jobs i report weekly to the state have to only come from the workforce website or can they also be from indeed/glassdoor?

for example:

i applied to a university through glassdoor and 2 other jobs through the workforce website. do i need to apply to another job on the state website and log that for it to count? i hope that makes sense! im just worried ill log the first example and get disqualified for the week. TIA!!🩷

I receive NJ UI and recently started a small side gig doing AI training. I accidentally certified $0 in earnings one week because I genuinely didn't know whether the hours I had logged would be approved and paid. I've now learned that they were approved, and I want to proactively correct that week's certification. What's the cleanest way to fix it?

I had not been paid anything by the AI company yet. The company pays semi-monthly, so I had to estimate weekly earnings for each week I worked. One week I reported some estimated earnings based on the hours I had logged in their system. The following week I completed more tasks, but they were still under review and nothing was showing in the payment system. The dashboard showed no earnings. I had asked the project team via Slack how the payment process worked but did not get an answer before I certified.

I assumed those hours might not be compensable, the entire situation was confusing, no humans to talk to, so I certified $0 for that week. I was frustrated.

That caused a hold because the system saw earnings one week and none the next. I spoke with an agent and explained that this is intermittent gig work, so some weeks may have work and some may not. The hold was released.

I have now learned that the hours from that second week were in fact approved and will be paid, so I want to correct that week’s certification.

What is the cleanest correct way to fix this?

Should I call NJ Unemployment and ask them to amend the prior week? Can an agent do this over the phone, or will they freeze my claim and send me a questionnaire etc?

I assume I should not simply add the amount to a later week since the work belongs to the earlier week, right?

I would really appreciate hearing from anyone who knows how the system handles this. Please help! I believe I made a good-faith reporting mistake and want to correct it properly without creating another reporting issue.

Hi I just filled out my EDD application and I'm 99% sure I put in my SSN wrong. I think I accidentally flipped two of the numbers :( Is there something I can do about this? I am not fully sure that I did it wrong but I dont want to delay the benefits even more than I already have.

Thanks

So last June or July, the hotel I worked for got bought by another management company, and they are now run by a different owner. The thing is, my employment at the time was unaffected, and I still worked at my position up until they fired me. Do I need to do anything specific in my employment history to notate this? What reason should I list on the drop-down form to notify the form that my company technically changed on the buy-date? And how would I go about looking up the name/date of the purchase?

I am now scheduled to have a phone hearing for yet another unemployment appeal. My former employer has lost at every stage of the way. Their written appeal was a single paragraph with no supporting evidence that boiled down to "he wasn't performing". The termination letter I was given when I was dismissed also did not state a reason. I remember being told the phrase "It's just not working out" and left wondering what the true reason was. I have already submitted a form to obtain what information they may have provided for the hearing - I don't expect much as I was never formally warned of anything or handed any notice of poor performance in the first place.

However, I see that they DO have a third party that seems to be a business service firm that handles unemployment for them. Is this a bad sign or is this standard practice?

I won't lie, I'm very nervous because I've never had any court hearing of any kind before. I don't have any documentation for anything as the company was quick to get me out the door after informing me I was let go. Does this normally require a lawyer or can I handle this on my own? Should I subpoena emails, texts or a witness that I think side with me?

I got unemployment for two weeks when it stopped for an investigation. It looks like everything got straight and was approved and money processed today. When would I likely receive the money? I use the Virginia debit card.

Hello good people, I was let go from my company a month ago, and I filed a claim for NY UI on August 4. Unfortunately, it is still processing - I have the infamous "We are continuing to work on your application" message on my benefit payment history page, and I am not even able to certify online or via phone because of it.

I will be traveling outside the US starting on September 13 and won't be back until sometime in October. So I think it is very likely that once the claim is processed and asks me to start certifying, I would be outside the US, meaning I wouldn't be able to certify or even access the DOL website. I can't move the Sept 13 date either since this vacation was planned with friends for months now.

I tried to call both the NY claims office and the claims advocacy office - the former was too busy, and while the latter did respond, they merely transferred me to the former office where I waited for over an hour before hanging up. Unfortunately I can't send a secure message either since I don't have the "Messages" button on my DOL account page. Since I can't get an official response to this question, I'm turning to Reddit to see what the community has to say about the situation.

I have worked for the same employer since 2016, but always on short-term contracts of differing lengths and values. The last contract I worked was only for three weeks. I am applying for unemployment and unsure when to list the employment start date for them. Do I just go back 18 months and list that as the start date? Do I go all the way back to 2016? Is it really just the latest contract? I am afraid this would affect my benefits. Thanks!

Okay buckle in.

I’ve been trying to get approved for disability since last July, due to chronic pain from RA along with depression/anxiety. I finally got an attorney recently, and at his suggestion applied for unemployment since there’s an allowance for people who are disabled and thus can’t meet the weekly job search requirement. (I left my job because of the RA.)

I applied, printed the form for the exception, and brought it to my doctor.

Now here’s the fun part!

My PCP left the practice as of August 1, shortly before I applied for unemployment. Since I’ve seen the other provider at the practice in the past, I brought the form to the office and talked to the receptionists about what I needed, asked if I could make an appointment to sit down with the dr and go over the form. One of them took it back to ask the doctor about, and told me they would call me to schedule an appointment.

Now something important here- I checked the form and the messages I received on the CTDOL website for a due date for this form. I didn’t see one, and so didn’t press the office for an update (debatable if that would have mattered anyway), or let the DOL know that there was a delay.

A couple weeks later I was finally contacted by the office and told that the form was complete. That same day I received a message that my application for benefits was denied because I hadn’t returned the paper by the due date (which I hadn’t seen anywhere). So I appealed the decision, because now I had the form proving I can’t work.

I have a hearing scheduled for over the phone tomorrow afternoon, and I haven’t been able to find any other examples of my situation SO I was hoping someone here might have some insight on what to expect tomorrow? If I was denied because of the missing form, which I’ve now sent them, what would the hearing even cover? What should I have on hand, if anything?

Also any other advice would be appreciated!

I was laid off last month after 5+ years with my previous company. Nobody likes being laid off, but the timing here was frustrating, since I have a major surgery scheduled in a few weeks. I'm going through with it, though, since it took months to get everything lined up and I'm not sure when I'll have Good Insurance again (sticking with COBRA for now). Plus now I don't qualify for FMLA and won't for another year into a new job.

Anyway, I can't find how I should handle this when it comes to unemployment claims, specifically for these two issues:

• In the unlikely event I get an interview before my surgery date, when asked when I can start, if I disclose the upcoming chunk of time I'll need off (2-6 weeks), will that count as refusing work?
• For the weeks I'm actually in recovery, do I just not request payments?

Thanks in advance!

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I'm currently applying for unemployment in Idaho after being fired from my previous job. I wasn't fired for negligence, misconduct, attendance issues, or anything along those lines. My employer felt I wasn't a good fit for the position and ultimately decided to let me go. When they terminated me, they specifically told me they would be happy to pay unemployment.

I'm expecting a call from Idaho Department of Labor about the circumstances of my termination.

While doing my required job searches, I applied for a phlebotomist position with a healthcare company and now have an interview scheduled. When I applied, I didn't think about the possibility of a pre-employment drug test.

I use marijuana and stopped recently, but I don't expect that I could currently pass a THC urine screen. After researching this, I discovered that Idaho's unemployment rules regarding failed/refused pre-employment drug tests appear to be pretty strict. I'm concerned that going through the hiring process, receiving a conditional offer, and then failing the screen could jeopardize my unemployment benefits.

I'm not trying to avoid working. Going forward, my plan is to apply for jobs I'm qualified for and would genuinely accept, but where I can currently satisfy the hiring requirements. There seem to be plenty of legitimate jobs in my area that either don't drug test or explicitly don't test for marijuana. I'm also considering delivery/driving, customer service, administrative, retail, and similar work rather than limiting myself strictly to healthcare.

My question is what I should do about the interview that's already scheduled.

Would it be better to tell the interviewer upfront that I wouldn't currently be able to satisfy their drug-screen requirement, before there's any conditional job offer? Could doing that itself be considered intentionally causing an employer not to hire me and therefore affect my Idaho UI eligibility?

I'm also considering explaining the situation when Idaho unemployment calls me about my termination and asking them directly how they want me to handle this particular interview. I'd explain that I applied before realizing the issue and that, moving forward, I'm focusing my job search on suitable positions whose hiring requirements I can actually meet.

Has anyone dealt with this specifically in Idaho, particularly a failed/refused pre-employment drug screen or an offer being withdrawn because of one? I'm especially interested in firsthand experience with how Idaho Department of Labor actually handled it, rather than guesses about what unemployment agencies generally do.

Obviously I'll ultimately follow whatever IDOL tells me. I'm genuinely looking for work and intend to complete my required job searches—I just don't want an application I made before thinking through the drug-testing issue to unintentionally jeopardize my benefits.

I filed for unemployment after I was fired from my job in November of last year in Washington State. This year I worked a gig that was only 8-9 hours a month. I am being penalized from quitting that gig although it was part-time, didn't replace my unemployment income and I didn't receive any benefits from it. I was actually continuing to look for full time work while quitting that gig. The job I was fired from in November I was working full time and paying into the unemployment benefits system. I have been paying into the unemployment system on & off again since I was working in retail at 16 years old. Has anyone been successful in the appeals process? If so, what has that look like for you? I already appealed this process back in July and was still receiving benefits so I am not sure why I am still going through this. Please advise.

I worked in Rhode Island and lived in Massachusetts and was collecting unemployment in 2024. I still have all of the emails and info on my work search tracker saved on my laptop. Am I safe to delete all of this since it’s been two years since I stopped collecting unemployment? Or do I need to keep it for a specific amount of years?

They were laid off and immediately got another job. Reported 2 days of work and generated a check. They quit that job and filed for unemployment. Will quitting the 2nd job effect unemployment because they voluntarily quit.

I had a temp contractor position at a company and my contract is ending today (Sunday August 30th) but my last “work” day was on Friday should I apply for benefits today as it is the start of the benefit week or should I wait on it till Monday or the next Sunday.

my company relocated to Texas and I did not. Should I ask my company to designate me as retiree or voluntary resignation? I may get benefits with retirement. how would either option impact unemployment? I would not have left the company if they were not relocating.