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My wife's claim finally approved. She filed on 3/22/2020. However, she is only approved for 21 weeks. I thought is will be 26 + 13 from CARES Act. Anyone claim benefit short change?
FWIW, she has worked continuously for 8 months before got laid off.
Great! How did you get them to reach out to you? Mine is still $0, Monetary Appointment on 5/26..
I was never able to get in touch, always got a busy signal. I've been patiently waiting after filing, after 7 days had to fill out a covid application survey, few days later saw under the UE status screen that i was scheduled for a monetary appointment. again kept trying to call but always got a busy signal. then out of the blue got a call with no callback number that left a voicemail about my claim being valid and my monetary appointment being canceled. You may be in the same boat as me, i'd imagine in the few upcoming days you get a call from a restricted number and your monetary appointment canceled so long as you reported all earnings correct.
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Thank you for posting your update! Much appreciated.
My brother's claim still says, "Filed", but from everything I am reading here, he will just have to cool his heels for a while.
it's gonna be a waiting game, i was anxious before but still, waiting almost 4 weeks to be approved does suck, a lot. There are so many people filing claims for benefits that the state is not able to efficiently process the backed up load of claims being filed in a timely manner.
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My wife's claim finally approved. She filed on 3/22/2020. However, she is only approved for 21 weeks. I thought is will be 26 + 13 from CARES Act. Anyone claim benefit short change?
FWIW, she has worked continuously for 8 months before got laid off.
did she file immediately after getting laid off/fired? (did she file same day or waited a few weeks) take the gross amount and divide the weekly pay amount so it's gonna be gross/weekly on calculator which will give you the amount of weeks. I just calculated mine and it's spot on 26 weeks. The 13 from CARES i believe will be automatically applied after the 26 week benefits run out.
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Wife's company "offered" to hire her section (marketing) back to work from home part-time. Their direct boss is trying to explain to the owner that this is pretty much an F-U to them as everyone else in the company would be home collecting unemployment while they'd be stuck working from home for only half-pay. Does the current situation allow any room to refuse this "offer"?
We are pleased to inform you we have completed an automated review of your New Jersey Unemployment Insurance claim. You no longer need to speak with an agent. The status of your claim has changed. Please go online and check the status of your unemployment insurance claim here.
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS/FREELANCERS/GIG WORKER/SELF-EMPLOYED WHO WERE DENIED UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS:
The regular unemployment insurance program was not designed to provide unemployment insurance coverage for this category of work. However, if you are an independent contractor/freelancer/gig worker/self-employed who was determined to be ineligible for regular unemployment insurance (the Weekly Benefit Rate on your claim status will read $0), you may be eligible for other recently created federal benefits, such as Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA).
Please visit our website -- nj.gov/labor -- for more information on how to qualify for federal benefits under the CARES Act. At this time, you do not have to do anything further. The Division of Unemployment Insurance will notify you when PUA is ready to be implemented. We are working with other states and the federal government to implement this new benefit program as fast as possible for the residents of New Jersey.
If you are eligible for PUA, you will receive retroactive unemployment benefits for the PUA program to Feb. 2, 2020, or whenever your business was impacted by COVID-19.
Further, anyone who is eligible for PUA is also eligible for a $600 weekly supplement (starting the week of March 29th) and for a 13-week extension of benefits beyond the normal 26 weeks. You do not have to do anything further. You will receive these supplemental benefits once the PUA process is complete.
IF YOU WERE DEEMED ELIGIBLE FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS:
If the Weekly Benefit Rate on your claim status contains a dollar figure other than $0, the next step is to certify for your weekly benefits at MyUnemployment.nj.gov. Though this process may be new to you, it is easily explained here.
Thank you for your understanding as the Division on Unemployment Insurance continues to address this historic volume of claims due to this ongoing public health emergency.
Thanks for that.
So the unemployment benefits for those paid on 1099 is called PUA.
Update:
I just checked my email and saw that I received the same email.
Sit and wait time.
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