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My wife layoff began on Sun 11/17. On Monday 11/18 we file for NJ UI. I'm not sure if we missed a step or not but today we are filing on Sunday because I read you can receive benefits by Tuesday. First of all there is no link for filing weekly. We clicked "bi-weekly" and proceeded. After answering all the questions "no" about earning money and "yes" about being available we get this message:
"Our records indicate that your last date of work was 11/17/2013. Since your last date of work occurs during a week you are claiming please correct your answer to question #7 and complete section B.
My wife received vacation pay for the week of 11/10 to 11/17. Her company work week in retail Saturday to Sunday but here in Bergen County NJ you cannot work on Sunday in retail. Does her employer have to adjust her claim/layoff date and does the NJ UI week begin on Monday? Any help? Anything I'm missing?
You're the one that entered the date. The employer doesn't get involved until after the claim is filed so NJ is using the information that you provided. By your own admission, if you can't work on a Sunday, then you had no reason to list the last day as 11/17. That was your mistake. You should have put 11/16. The vacation pay would have been allocated against her normal work schedule, and since she never works on Sunday, no money would have been attributable 11/17.
Just because the employer uses Sat to Sun doesn't mean anythnig. UI uses Sun to Sat, and the system is trying to tell you that you have to report hours and earnings for 11/17 because it thinks she worked that day because you said that was her last day.
You'd have to call NJ to fix it, and that can be more effort than you want to put into it.
However, if you do call, in all honesty the last day of work was the last day she physically appeared at work. It wouldn't be the last day that the vacation represented. The UI forms always have a place to put vacation pay that is paid out after termination. That would have been the more accurate way to report this situation.
You indicated biweekly payments. Thus, the first Sunday you can claim would be Sunday, 12/1 - for weeks ending 11/23 and 11/30 - assuming vacation pay doesn't void out week ending 11/23.
Further, did you receive a Notice of Insurance Award?
In NJ, in that Notice or another letter you receive at the same time, you are told the first claim must be made via telecert for the first two weeks - 11/23 and 11/30 - usually midweek which means December 4th or thereabouts - after two weeks have passed - and only then, after that first biweekly telecert claim, can you claim weekly using webcert.
Also, are you sure your benefits have been approved?
If NJ does not require an interview, you should start to receive monies in a couple of weeks.
If NJ needs to conduct an interview, you won't be paid any monies until after that interview. Your wait could be up to two months. Interviews often occur if employer reports the layoff differently than you.
You should, however, keep claiming when the system allows.
First step - call NJ - or visit a one-stop - and ask them to correct that layoff date and your reporting of vacation pay.
Last edited by Ariadne22; 11-24-2013 at 01:50 PM..
In NJ, in that Notice or another letter you receive at the same time, you are told the first claim must be made via telecert for the first two weeks - 11/23 and 11/30 -
Normally, when you telecert regularly, you file your claim over the phone on a specific day, based on your SSN - except the first time you file which, per your letter, is Dec. 4.
If the letter said telecert on 12/4, do that. Again, follow the phone prompts.
Some people never migrate to webcert. They've always used telecert and feel if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Most people webcert weekly on Sunday. NJ encourages weekly webcerts, actually, once you get your initial claim out of the way.
You're the one that entered the date. The employer doesn't get involved until after the claim is filed so NJ is using the information that you provided. By your own admission, if you can't work on a Sunday, then you had no reason to list the last day as 11/17. That was your mistake.
So, when I claim this week on 12/4, What is the proper entry for claiming $$ on a day she never worked? If I enter let says $20 does that effect her benefit for the rest of that week?
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