Partial unemployment for intermittent furlough days - DEO reporting questions

I've been through a similar situation with intermittent furloughs. Here's what I learned: 1. Hours: Always round to the nearest whole number (22.4 = 22, 15.8 = 16) 2. Earnings: You MUST report the actual gross pay including overtime premiums, not just regular hourly rate × hours. DEO compares what you report to employer quarterly reports, and any mismatch can trigger an overpayment notice. 3. For weeks with only 1-2 furlough days: It depends on her normal salary. In Florida, if she earns more than her Weekly Benefit Amount + $58, she won't receive anything. But claiming consistently creates a record of her partial employment status. 4. The waiting week requirement is still in effect for 2025 claims. The first payment likely included a retroactive week. Regarding the backdating request - unfortunately those are taking 4-6 weeks to process right now. Keep claiming weeks as they become available regardless. Hope this helps!

The DEO is WORTHLESS!!!! I've been dealing with them for similar issue since januARY and still nothing resolved!!!! They never answer calls, hang up on you constantly, and give different answers every time u get through. Then they want to blame YOU for their mistakes? Good luck getting ANYONE to help - the whole system is designed to prevent people from getting benefits they deserve!!!!

same probs here. ya gotta report the ACTUAL pay not the hours × regular rate. they check with employer so dont mess that up or youll get overpayment notice later!!

For your question about claiming weeks with only 1-2 furlough days - I'd recommend filing for ALL eligible weeks once backdating is approved. Here's why: 1. Sometimes you might be eligible for a small amount even when you think you won't be 2. It establishes a continuous claim history which helps if furlough days increase later 3. If you skip weeks and then try to claim them later, it can trigger all kinds of flags in the system The formula DEO uses is: if your earnings for the week are less than your Weekly Benefit Amount + $58, you'll receive something. The amount is reduced proportionally based on earnings. Also, for the decimal hours question - the official DEO guidance is to round to the nearest whole number. 17.7 would be 18, 17.3 would be 17.

I work in hr and deal with furlough employees all time,,, you need to be VERY careful about the work search requirements even with furlough,,,, some employees got disqualified because they didn't do there work searches even though they were on furlough status,,, did DEO tell you guys your exempt from work searches?? because if not you could lose all benefits when they audit the account

If you're still struggling to reach DEO about the backdating issue, I'd honestly recommend trying Claimyr (claimyr.com). I was in the exact same situation with a backdating request sitting for weeks with no action. I tried calling 50+ times over two weeks with no luck. Claimyr got me connected to a DEO agent in about 20 minutes who was able to see my backdating request was sitting in a queue and escalated it for processing. You can see how it works in their video demo: https://youtu.be/UzW_hbUy-ss?si=zORd51jeq1GX5Ldj For your specific furlough situation, make sure you're claiming ANY week where there was at least one furlough day. Even if you don't get benefits for that specific week, it keeps your claim active and creates a paper trail in case there are questions later.

my brother is on ferlough too and he says always claim every week even if u only missed 1 day cause otherwise DEO thinks ur back full time and it closes ur claim!! happened to his friend

that $340+$750 sounds like regular payment plus the new florida supplement thing they just started. waiting week doesnt get paid i think