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If I could give 10 stars I would If I could give 10 stars I would Such an amazing service so needed during the times when EDD almost never picks up Claimyr gets me on the phone with EDD every time without fail faster. A much needed service without Claimyr I would have never received the payment I needed to support me during my postpartum recovery. Thank you so much Claimyr!
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Really made a difference, save me time and energy from going to a local office for making the call.
Worth not wasting your time calling for hours.
Was a bit nervous or untrusting at first, but my calls went thru. First time the wait was a bit long but their customer chat line on their page was helpful and put me at ease that I would receive my call. Today my call dropped because of EDD and Claimyr heard my concern on the same chat and another call was made within the hour.
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An incredibly helpful service! Got me connected to a CA EDD agent without major hassle (outside of EDD's agents dropping calls – which Claimyr has free protection for). If you need to file a new claim and can't do it online, pay the $ to Claimyr to get the process started. Absolutely worth it!
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Used this service a couple times now. Before I'd call 200 times in less than a weak frustrated as can be. But using claimyr with a couple hours of waiting i was on the line with an representative or on hold. Dropped a couple times but each reconnected not long after and was mission accomplished, thanks to Claimyr.
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I tried for weeks to get thru to EDD PFL program with no luck. I gave this a try thinking it may be a scam. OMG! It worked and They got thru within an hour and my claim is going to finally get paid!! I upgraded to the $60 call. Best $60 spent!
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If you're having trouble getting through to the NYS Department of Labor phone lines to ask questions about your claim, I used a service called Claimyr that helped me get connected to an actual agent. You can check it out at claimyr.com - they have a video demo at https://youtu.be/qyftW-mnTNI that shows how it works. I was stuck trying to reach someone for days about my claim status and this got me through in like 20 minutes.
Never heard of this but honestly anything is better than sitting on hold for 4 hours just to get disconnected
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Just to add - make sure you're calculating correctly. FUTA is 6% on first $7,000 of wages per employee, but you get credit for state unemployment taxes paid to NYS Department of Labor. Usually brings it down to 0.6% effective rate if your state account is in good standing.
Wait I thought FUTA was annual not quarterly?? Now I'm worried we've been doing this wrong...
FUTA filing (Form 940) is annual, but deposits can be required quarterly if you accumulate more than $500 in liability during any quarter. Don't panic - most small businesses end up making annual deposits because they don't hit the threshold.
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The worst part is they can take forever to decide but if YOU miss a weekly certification deadline by even one day, they penalize you immediately. The system is so unfair.
You're right that the timing feels unbalanced. Keep certifying weekly even during adjudication - if your claim gets approved, you'll receive back payments for all eligible weeks you certified for.
When I went through this last year, my adjudication took almost 10 weeks because they had to verify some employment dates with my previous employer who was slow to respond. Once everything was cleared up, I got all my back payments in about a week. Just hang in there and keep documenting your job search activities.
Did you ever find out specifically what was holding up your case, or did it just suddenly get resolved?
I finally got through to someone who told me my former employer hadn't responded to their inquiry about my separation reason. Once the employer finally replied, my claim was approved within days.
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I had trouble getting through to NYS Department of Labor when I filed last year. The phone lines are always busy no matter what the unemployment rate is. If you need to talk to someone and can't get through, I found this service called Claimyr that helped me reach an agent. You can check them out at claimyr.com - they have a video demo at https://youtu.be/qyftW-mnTNI that shows how it works. Really saved me when my claim got stuck in adjudication.
How much does something like that cost? Seems like we shouldn't have to pay to reach our own state agency.
I hear you on that frustration, but when you really need to get through and the regular methods aren't working, it was worth it for me. The alternative was waiting weeks with no income while my claim sat there.
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The NYS Department of Labor system is already broken and high unemployment just makes it worse. I've been waiting 6 weeks for my appeal hearing and they keep rescheduling it. Meanwhile I'm behind on rent and they act like it's no big deal. The whole system is designed to deny as many people as possible.
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Ayla Kumar
•That's awful, I'm sorry you're going through that. Six weeks for an appeal is ridiculous.
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Brielle Johnson
just keep filing your weekly claims like everyone said and try not to stress too much about the big picture stuff you cant control anyway
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