What happens when a tier ends in the middle of a 2 week period? (claim, payment)

[Desertdarlene]

Hi! I'm in California and I am doing tier 1 right now. I also work part-time, too, so my weekly benefits aren't in even amounts. I was wondering what happens if you run out of money in tier one when you submit a two week claim form?

For example, let's say my weekly benefit is $300 and I only have $100 left on my tier. So, I submit my claim form for 2 weeks. Will I only get the $100 for both weeks or will I get $100 for the one week and $300 for the following week and start on tier 2?

[Ariadne22]

Technically, CA does not commingle two tiers in the same biweekly claim period. You will get one set of claim forms showing $100 for one week, with the 2nd week X'd out, or possibly just one form for that remaining week. Then CA will immediately send you a form for Tier 2 for one week for full amount. After that you should be on regular biweekly claiming for Tier 2. It's a bookkeeping thing. One tier has to be exhausted before beginning the next. There should be no gap in payments.

[Desertdarlene]

That sounds reasonable. But, I have had problems where they were supposed to send me a one week form and they sent me a two week form, instead. We shall see if they do it correctly this time. I think that even if they sent me a two week form for those weeks, they would send two one-week forms back to me after I sent it in and I would just have a delayed payment.

I'll let everyone know what happens.