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Hi to everyone. BIG thank you to jdljr!! You have been more informative here than the 6 separate calls I made to the NCESC call center. By MILES. And even though I received wildly contradictory information on those calls, even one or two of them were very nice and helpful and clearly shared the frustration of the current programming mess.
I'm pretty much in the same predicament as many of you. My benefit year ended 6-5 with 10 weeks of Tier II left, promptly got a new benefit year set up with dummy benefits and am still waiting on the "pull-forward." It's now been 2 weeks without benefits and if it doesn't go through this week, allowing a payment to deposit on Monday, I'm essentially screwed and will likely wind up living out of my car. Been living on ramen noodles and cheap hot dogs, and selling anything and everything I can on Craigslist. What few jobs are available go to younger applicants who don't "need" to be paid as much as someone with a middle-class salary history, even though I'd be relieved to have ANY income at this point. I've had rough times in my 42 years, but never anything like this. I just wish I knew if NCESC are going to come through or not.
Last edited by KMeWilm; 06-22-2010 at 10:52 PM..
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Hi to everyone. BIG thank you to jdljr!! You have been more informative here than the 6 separate calls I made to the NCESC call center. By MILES. And even though I received wildly contradictory information on those calls, even one or two of them were very nice and helpful and clearly shared the frustration of the current programming mess.
I'm pretty much in the same predicament as many of you. My benefit year ended 6-5 with 10 weeks of Tier II left, promptly got a new benefit year set up with dummy benefits and am still waiting on the "pull-forward." It's now been 2 weeks without benefits and if it doesn't go through this week, allowing a payment to deposit on Monday, I'm essentially screwed and will likely wind up living out of my car. Been living on ramen noodles and cheap hot dogs, and selling anything and everything I can on Craigslist. What few jobs are available go to younger applicants who don't "need" to be paid as much as someone with a middle-class salary history, even though I'd be relieved to have ANY income at this point. I've had rough times in my 42 years, but never anything like this. I just wish I knew if NCESC are going to come through or not.
You might want to contact the ESC and make sure that they have resolved any issues on your claim that may be preventing payment. If you filed your new benefit year on or after May 16th and didn't have at least $4,550 worth of earnings during your previous benefit year, you would have had a "65" issue set on your claim. Not having any earnings during your previous benefit year would have resulted in a "dummy" benefit year being established when you filed, and any unused extension money from your previous benefit year would be pulled forward. However, that pull forward can't happen if the "65" issue hasn't been resolved on your claim. So someone needs to make sure it's been resolved, thus paving the way for the pull forward to happen.
Just a big thank you to JDLJR you are a blessing to all of us out here struggling in this awful economy. It is so frustrating and if it weren't for your time and dedication we would all without critical answers to our current struggles. On behalf of everyone on here THANK YOU!
KME Wilm- Did I see where you are from Wilmington? If so..the job situation here is awful!!! There is nothing and the few jobs there are...are so low paying and highly competitve. I wish you much luck in finding work..and in your unemployment issue resolving. If u are indeed in the Wilmington area..let me suggest the NCESC in Burgaw. It isn't as busy...and if you call right at 8 in the A.M. you can talk to a live person...immediatly..
Quite correct. Quitting is viewed by the State as "Causing your own unemployment", therefore they will not give benefits to her. Generally, you would only be eligible for unemployment benefits if you lost your job through no fault of your own, (Layoff) or if you were honorably discharged from the military and presently looking for a job. Terminations (Firings) also generally do not count; and the State WILL verify this through the employer prior to paying benefits.
Here is a suggestion for you: Before she is demoted, have your wife fire her employer instead! Nothing obligates her (or you) to be miserable. She should try looking for a new position first, of course...... that would make the moment more satisfying when she turns in her two week notice and wipes the smile off her bosses' face.
Thanks again jdljr. I will be doing that today. If the 65 issue were still active, would it show up on my online claim profile as an active issue? Mine currently shows no active issues, but still has the "dummy benefits." So it doesn't look like I'll be getting a deposit on Monday. Insert ominous music.
Hi turtlle78. Yes, I'm actually in Carolina Beach. I worked here as a graphic designer for 11 years before being laid off last year. Been turned down innumerable times for jobs I was perfectly qualified for, and have only now just found 2-3 hrs/week of work at $10/hr. Then again, that may be enough for the tent I'm probably going to have to buy to live out of pretty soon. Trying to stay positive, but it's pure hell. Thanks for the Burgaw suggestion. I'll definitely try that.
I called the remote services center and was told that I did have a 65 issue on my claim, but that they CAN'T remove 65 issues, and that I wasn't eligible for further benefits at all. Well, I didn't get ugly (because I know these people are under a lot of stress too), but I did get a bit insistent that she was wrong.
She immediately put me through to a supervisor, who said the original 65 issue was resolved 2 days after I originally set up my new benefit year at the beginning of the month, and he couldn't tell why the pull-forward wasn't happening. I don't know what he did, but he said he went in and made some sort of manual change to my claim record. He said he can't guarantee what he did will fix it, but if it worked I should be able to file on Sunday and receive a deposit on Monday for the past 3 weeks - verifying conclusively that there is no waiting week for pull-forwards, as many people have been told.
So I'm a bit relieved and keeping my fingers crossed. But I'm not going to let myself get my hopes up. What really amazes and angers me is the misinformation coming from some people at ESC. How many people took the first answer as gospel and gave up? That's just scary.
I called the remote services center and was told that I did have a 65 issue on my claim, but that they CAN'T remove 65 issues, and that I wasn't eligible for further benefits at all. Well, I didn't get ugly (because I know these people are under a lot of stress too), but I did get a bit insistent that she was wrong.
She immediately put me through to a supervisor, who said the original 65 issue was resolved 2 days after I originally set up my new benefit year at the beginning of the month, and he couldn't tell why the pull-forward wasn't happening. I don't know what he did, but he said he went in and made some sort of manual change to my claim record. He said he can't guarantee what he did will fix it, but if it worked I should be able to file on Sunday and receive a deposit on Monday for the past 3 weeks - verifying conclusively that there is no waiting week for pull-forwards, as many people have been told.
So I'm a bit relieved and keeping my fingers crossed. But I'm not going to let myself get my hopes up. What really amazes and angers me is the misinformation coming from some people at ESC. How many people took the first answer as gospel and gave up? That's just scary.
65 issues can't be REMOVED, but they can be RESOLVED. The resolution (if you didn't meet the 6x earnings rule) simply disqualifies your new claim, but that paves the way for the unused extension money to be pulled forward.
Now, if you ended your last benefit year exactly at the same time you exhausted an EUC tier, the pull forward probably wouldn't work until the senate extends the EUC program. In that case you may be eligible for EB, in which case it may pull that forward, or they may have to run a "B1" transaction to build the EB, not sure...I'd have to look at it and ponder, lol.
But I had one that hadn't pulled forward, even though it looked like it should have, and yesterday my regional claims specialist told of a "fix" that she said is seemingly working to get the 65-issue pull forwards to happen. If yours doesn't work tonight, on Monday suggest to someone that they need to do an A1 transaction and use your BYB date in both the "OLD BYB" field and the "NEW BYB" field, and then put a "Y" in the "RED ALL" (redetermine all) field. I am trying another one tonight on another claim and will check it Monday to see if it worked.
Yes, I meant "resolved." Sorry for the confusion. She essentially said there was nothing she could do and I wouldn't receive anything from a pull-forward (I was only on the 4th week of Tier II when my new benefit year began.)
Maybe the supervisor I spoke with did that A1 transaction you mentioned. He didn't go into details. Whatever he did was supposed to process in the Fri night updates, but I don't currently see EUC showing up in my online benefit profile (I don't know if it's even supposed to). I guess it's just a matter of filing tomorrow afternoon and seeing what message returns.
SWEET! It worked! I don't think I can express how much of a relief this is. Thanks again to EVERYONE here for all your help and support. And best of luck to everyone in the days ahead.
I know the amount of a pension annuity from your base period employer affects your unemployment benefit. Does anyone know if the earnings allowance is considered when deducting the pension amount from the UI benefit? For example, I am qualified and drawing $505/wk UI benefit ,and have a $247 earnings allowance. My pension, which I did not start drawing on yet, will be just about $505/wk. Does that mean if I start drawing on my pension I would no longer qualify for an unemployment benefit (since $505 pension reduces the $505 UI benefit dollar for dollar) , or instead qualify for a reduced amount ($505 pension - $247 earnings allowance = $258 reduction to standard UI benefit = $257 UI benefit )? Not sure if pension income is considered the same as a job income with regard to UI benefit reduction.
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