Am I able to file for more benefits if I have exhausted all my benefits in this year? (extension, receive)

[aligglitterglam]

I was wondering if anyone had any experience with this... I have just been told that I've exhausted all the benefits that I will be getting for this claim year. Is it possible to file a claim for more benefits even if this year isn't over yet? Or is there not any chance for receiving more benefits? I live in TX and was laid off last November and have been unemployed this then. It's my first time to claim unemployment. This job market bites (as I'm sure most of you know)...

[Ariadne22]

It has been about 35 weeks since your unemployment began. Normal state benefits do not exceed 26 weeks. In Texas, federal benefits can add another 34 weeks to that.

We need to know:

1. What is the exact date of your original claim?
2. What is the amount of your original monetary determination?
3. When did you first begin to receive benefits?
4. How much were you paid per week?
5. For how many weeks?

Texas is still paying federal Tier 1 for 20 weeks and Tier 2 for 14 weeks. Current data from TX on federal extensions is here:

http://www.twc.state.tx.us/ui/bnfts/...ionalweeks.pdf

All federal benefit payments end 12/29/2012.

If you had a small claim, it is possible you have exhausted both your state and any available federal benefits by now. If that is the case, you will need to work again and earn sufficient earnings to qualify for another new claim.

You should also read FAQS, posts 2 and 6: Unemployment FAQs

We need more claim data from you.

[aligglitterglam]

I think I've already exhausted all my EUC tiers. Guess I'm done for.
My mom keeps telling me to reapply a new claim but I don't know if I can/I doubt it will do any good...

To answer your questions...

1. Jan 01, 2012
2. $3,788.00
3. Probably the second week of January
4. $317
5. 12 weeks? It says last weeks were:
Mar 18, 2012 to Mar 24, 2012
Mar 11, 2012 to Mar 17, 2012

My temporary benefits started on Mar 25th.
Amount: $5,077.00
Looks like it was 18 weeks.

[myrc60]

Between state benefits of 26 weeks and Tier 1 of 20 weeks and Tier 2 of 14 weeks you should be eligible for 60 weeks as long as legislation is in place and currently that would extend to the end of the year.

Your original monetary determination seems low and at the rate you say you were paid was just under 12 weeks of payments. That doesn't seem right and makes me think we don't have all of the facts.

[Ariadne22]

She has a very small claim. Probably didn't work very long before she was laid off.

Original monetary determination - $3,788/$317 = 12 weeks.

EUC Tier 1 - 80%/$3,788 = $3,030/317 = 9.55 wks
EUC Tier 2 - 54%/$3,788 = $2,045/317 = 6.45 wks

$2,045 + $3,030 = $5,075 (you posted $5,077)

Which is what she posted above, less $2. OP has exhausted all her EUC available under this claim.

Like I said before, you need to have worked and had new earnings since you first applied for UE to possibly qualify for a new claim.

Of course, you can apply. If you haven't worked since you've been laid off, there are no further benefits for you and TX will deny the claim. But no harm done trying.

[myrc60]

Ya that is what I was thinking Ariadne22. But I don't understand why she was getting such a large amount each week.

OP since you obviously didn't earn a lot from that job is there another you can fall back to that you had collected UC from previously?

[Ariadne22]

She may only have two quarters, or less, in that calculation in a relatively high-paying job. If she filed Jan. 1, base-year earnings would have been Oct. 2010-Sept. 2011. If TX is like CA, it bases the benefit on the high quarter earnings, not total overall earnings. It may be she worked a lot more, but the base-year did not capture the last quarter earnings. She probably should have waited until April to file. No doubt then, although the weekly benefit wouldn't change, she would have collected more than 12 weeks' state benefits, and the EUC monetary award would have increased as well. Base year in that event would be Jan. 2011-Dec. 2011.

We don't know how long she had her job before she lost it. We also need to know which quarters TX used for its monetary determination. OP says she filed Jan. 1. Well, that is a holiday. If TX backdated the claim to the last business day in December, it would exclude the quarters ending December and September, and include earnings from July 2010-June 2011.

[aligglitterglam]

At one point in my life I got lucky but it didn't last long. I got paid $12/hour and worked a lot over time. The company had hired me as a full time employee but it only lasted for 7 months so it almost sounded like a contract. They dropped a lot of people and I've been having a hard time finding a job since then or one that I am qualified for... hope things look up pretty soon because I really need it. I didn't have a job before I found this one so I don't think the back quarters would have mattered then...

[myrc60]

At least you worked long enough to get benefits, however short they were. You don't say, but if you have children at home you should apply for food stamps. You won't get them or will get very little if you are single, but if you have children they will help raise your benefit amount. Good luck OP!

[aligglitterglam]

I'm single with no kids...thankfully. It's still frustrating but it's one thing I don't have to worry about. How much stamps do you think I'd be getting? Thanks for the luck!