After my new job started I kept getting the EDD mailer asking me to certify. Those come on a schedule and EDD doesn't stop sending them just because you stopped claiming. You can safely ignore them once you're no longer eligible. They're not penalties or warnings, just automatic mail. The claim just sits open until the benefit year ends.

The direct deposit versus Money Network card question for your last payment or two - if you haven't set up direct deposit, the payment goes to the Money Network prepaid debit card. Payment info updates daily in UI Online under Payments, and you can also check by calling 1-866-333-4606 anytime. Those last payments sometimes take a day or two longer than your usual turnaround, in my experience, especially if EDD had to calculate partial wages.

For anyone wondering about severance — if the laid-off workers received any severance pay, they still need to report it when they certify. EDD has it on the list of things to report. But the way EDD treats it, severance paid out under a company plan or policy isn't counted as wages that delay or reduce benefits. The worker reports it and EDD makes the call; no one should assume it automatically disqualifies a week.

Updating this thread since several people have been helpful — I sent in my employer response today confirming it was a layoff due to loss of contracts, no disputes. I also called my three former employees and two of them still need to file. Told them to go through myEDD right away so their claim week starts this Sunday. The one who already filed said his Pending status might clear once my response goes through, based on what someone mentioned earlier. I'll follow up here if anything unexpected comes up on my end.

Filing online was straightforward for me but I ran into a weird moment where I wasn't sure how to handle a part-time gig I'd done in the previous 18 months. EDD's application asks for every employer in that window. I listed it, they used the wages in calculating my weekly benefit amount based on the highest quarter of my base period. The estimate from EDD's Unemployment Benefit Calculator online was pretty close to what actually appeared on my DE 429Z.

Months into my own UI claim and hit a situation where the original store I'd been at reopened under new management and offered me my old position back. Had to report that as a job offer during certification - full-time offer means that week's eligibility ends if you accept, and if you turn it down EDD looks at the circumstances. Worth being straight about it because misreporting creates overpayment problems nobody wants.

Coming back to update since I posted earlier as the person who reported gross vs net wrong - EDD responded to my UI Online message. They adjusted one of my certifications and I owe back a small difference from that week. The agent's message said it's being treated as a non-fraud adjustment and I won't face any additional penalty. Relieved it's resolved.

The partial benefit formula being $25 or 25 percent whichever is bigger - I've seen different versions of this explained online and some say it's just a flat $25 deduction before the rest counts against benefits. Which is actually correct?

Last month my claim went to adjudication after my retail layoff and I still had a 10-hour-a-week childcare gig going. The adjudication turned out to be about the layoff itself - my employer submitted a response contesting the reason. Had nothing to do with the part-time work. During adjudication you keep certifying even if payments are on hold, because EDD can pay back those weeks once things are resolved but only if you actually certified for them.

Six weeks into claiming and still working part-time evening shifts at a grocery store. The UI Online system handles the partial earnings calculations automatically once you enter what you earned - you don't have to do any math yourself. You just enter the gross earnings for the week they were earned and UI Online figures out the rest. The payment that hits your Money Network card is already the adjusted amount.