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Maybe someone knows more than I do about this topic and can help us figure this one out.
My wife is current receiving unemployment in Massachusetts which is eligible for a total of 99weeks. She received regular benefits (26weeks), Tier 1(20weeks), and tier 2(14weeks). Because the deadline passed for payable weeks on 11/27/2010 the state put her into EB, or extended benefits, which is a total of 20weeks. So my question is what is going to happen when congress extends benefits? Will she continue in EB or retroactively start in tier 3?
MA will probably switch her back to the tiers. She will finish what remains of her EB when her tier benefits are exhausted.
FYI, MA should have or will soon be triggering off Tier 4. Three-month average unemployment rate needs to be 8.5% and yours is 8.2%. If the rate does not rise above 8.5%, then your wife will get Tier 3 and what remains of EB.
EB also has triggers - first 13 weeks is 6%, remaining 7 weeks (High EB) is 8%. If unemployment rate continues to drop in MA, the remaining 7 weeks is also questionable, although the rate did tick up .1% in Nov.
Last edited by Ariadne22; 12-16-2010 at 10:47 PM..
Reason: Comment on UE rate affecting Tier 4 and High EB.
I started collecting back in January 2012 and this morning i tried to log in and claim my Bi-weekly benefits and this is what i got "
New Jersey Internet Application for
Claiming Bi-Weekly Unemployment Insurance Benefits
Your certification cannot be processed.
Please refer to "Telephone Number to Claim Weekly Benefits", provided at:
[url=http://lwd.state.nj.us/labor/ui/claim/clmwktele.html]Department of Labor and Workforce Development | List of Telephone Numbers to Claim Weekly Benefits[/url]
Please be sure that you use the exit button to close this application."
Your claim is exhausted - unless you've extended your claim by working, in which case you need to call NJ.
Last edited by Ariadne22; 07-07-2013 at 12:41 PM..
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