NY unemployment: Only 8 effective days left but BYE date is February 2022 - what happens when days run out?

In my experience, once your effective days run out, that's it - even if you're still in your benefit year. When mine ran out last year, I had to wait like 2 weeks and then file a new claim. The system is stupid confusing on purpose I swear 🙄

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Effective days are all that matters. Once those hit 0, your benefits stop completely. It doesn't matter if your BYE date is still months away - no more effective days = no more money. The BYE date is just the last possible date you could collect on THIS claim. Effective days are the actual counter of how much benefit time you have left.

So I just dealt with this EXACT situation. When your effective days hit zero, you'll get a message saying your benefits are exhausted. At that point, you need to CALL them (good luck with that 🙄) to see if you qualify for an extension. Don't just wait for the BYE date because nothing happens automatically.

The NY unemployment system is DESIGNED to be confusing and frustrating. Effective days are what you need to watch. Once they run out, you're done until you file a new claim (which you can only do after your BYE date). The whole system needs to be thrown in the trash and rebuilt from scratch tbh

Let me break this down for you with what I learned after being on unemployment for 18 months: Effective days remaining is the ONLY thing that matters for your current payments. Each effective day equals 1/4 of your weekly benefit amount. Once you hit zero effective days, your benefits stop immediately. The BYE (Benefit Year End) date is just the last possible date you can collect on your current claim - but you still need effective days available. When your effective days run out: 1. You'll get a message in your online account saying benefits are exhausted 2. You need to call NYSDOL to see if you qualify for an extension 3. If you can't get through by phone (extremely likely), try using a service like claimyr.com - it's what finally worked for me 4. If you don't qualify for an extension, you'll need to wait until after your BYE date to file a new claim The NYSDOL website is deliberately vague about this because they don't want to make it easy to get the benefits you're entitled to. I spent weeks calling hundreds of times before I got through using that calling service. Don't wait until you hit zero days - start trying to reach them now!

watch ur effective days like a hawk. i had 12 left and didnt pay attention. suddenly no more payments and i had to wait 3 weeks to get it fixed. the BYE date means nothing if u run outta days

My cousin works for unemployment (not in NY tho) and she says effective days are what matters. The BYE date is just the outer limit of your claim period. If you hit zero effective days, you need to call about extending your claim IF you qualify. Don't expect the system to do anything automatically - they literally designed it to be difficult 🤦‍♀️

Both are important but in different ways. Effective days = how many days of benefits you have left. BYE date = when your current claim expires completely. If you run out of effective days, your payments stop regardless of BYE date. If you hit your BYE date but still have effective days, you'll need to file a new claim to keep getting benefits.

I swear the NY unemployment system changes their rules every other week 😤 But from my experience, once effective days hit zero, you're cut off immediately. Call NOW before that happens and ask about extensions. Don't wait!

Effective days trumps BYE date every time. Once you hit zero days remaining, the system stops paying regardless of what your BYE date says. I found this out the hard way when my payments suddenly stopped even though I had 3 months left until my BYE date.

focus on the effective days remaining. when those run out ur done unless u get an extension. BYE date is just the calendar end of ur claim but u still need days left to get paid

I'm dealing with this exact same situation right now! I have 12 effective days left and my BYE isn't until March 2022. Reading through all these responses, it sounds like I need to call ASAP before my days run out completely. Has anyone had success getting through to unemployment recently? I've been trying the main number for days with no luck. Really don't want to end up with a gap in payments while they sort this out 😰