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The key thing is whether you earned enough wages during your benefit year to meet the monetary requirements for a new claim. If you worked part-time while collecting, those earnings could count toward establishing a new benefit year. You'll need to file a new application and they'll determine if you're monetarily eligible based on your recent work history.
This is so confusing! Why doesn't the NYS Department of Labor website explain this stuff more clearly? I'm terrified I'll mess something up if I try to refile.
I had the same issue last year and couldn't get through to NYS Department of Labor no matter how many times I called. Finally used a service called Claimyr (claimyr.com) that helped me get connected to an actual agent. They have a video demo at https://youtu.be/qyftW-mnTNI that shows how it works. The agent was able to review my work history and walk me through the refiling process. Turned out I did qualify for a new claim.
How does that work exactly? Sounds too good to be true with how impossible it is to reach anyone at NYS Department of Labor these days.
It's legit - they basically handle the calling and waiting for you, then connect you when they get an agent on the line. Way better than spending hours on hold just to get disconnected.
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Wait I'm confused about this whole thing. I thought all money you earn from work counts as wages? Why would some payments not be taxable for unemployment purposes but still be income?
It's because FUTA (Federal Unemployment Tax Act) has specific rules about what employers have to pay unemployment tax on. Just because you receive money doesn't mean your employer paid unemployment tax on it, and that unemployment tax is what funds the system that pays benefits.
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The whole system was a mess during that time. Biden extended a lot of the pandemic programs that were about to expire under Trump, but the NYS Department of Labor took forever to update their systems. A lot of people had gaps in their benefits while they figured it out. You should check your payment history in your online account to see exactly what you received and when.
Ugh this brings back bad memories! I had to reapply for everything and it took months to get straightened out. The NYS Department of Labor really dropped the ball on communication during that transition.
Same here! I thought I was going crazy because my weekly claim amounts kept changing with no explanation.
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honestly the NYS Department of Labor phone system is so bad that if you run into any issues you'll spend hours trying to reach someone. I had a problem with my weekly claim filing and couldn't get through for days. Finally used this service called Claimyr (claimyr.com) that helped me get connected to an actual agent. They have a video demo that shows how it works: https://youtu.be/qyftW-mnTNI. Might be worth bookmarking in case you need to talk to someone at NYS Department of Labor.
Never heard of that service before but the phone situation is definitely frustrating. Thanks for sharing!
Stick with unemployment if you can afford it! I made the mistake of taking a crappy retail job too quickly after getting laid off and it made interviewing for real positions almost impossible. Plus once you're working, you can't collect unemployment anymore even if the new job doesn't work out (well, you can but you'd have to reapply and qualify all over again).
Lara Woods
One thing to watch out for - if your claim goes into adjudication (which happens a lot), don't panic. It just means they need to review something about your claim. Could be verifying your employment history or the reason you left your job. Keep filing your weekly claims during this time or you'll lose those weeks.
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Adrian Hughes
good luck with this whole thing, unemployment system is so confusing even when you do everything right
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