NYS Department of Labor hearing completed - how long after unemployment hearing will i receive benefits?
Had my unemployment hearing with an administrative law judge last Thursday about my disqualification. The hearing went really well and the judge seemed to side with me on most points. My former employer didn't even show up which I think helped my case. Now I'm wondering how long it typically takes to get the decision and start receiving benefits again? My claim has been on hold for 6 weeks now and I'm really struggling financially. Has anyone been through this process recently? The judge said the decision would be mailed but didn't give me a timeframe.
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Joy Olmedo
NYS Department of Labor hearing decisions usually take 2-4 weeks to be issued. Once you receive the favorable decision letter, it can take another 1-2 weeks for your weekly claims to be released and payments to start. Make sure you keep filing your weekly claims even while waiting for the decision - if you win, you'll get back pay for all the weeks you filed.
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Kingston Bellamy
•Thank you! I've been filing every week like they told me to. So I'm looking at maybe 6 weeks total? That's rough but at least there's an end in sight.
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Isaiah Cross
ugh the waiting is the worst part!! i won my hearing back in october and it took 3 weeks to get the decision then another week for payments to start. but when they did start i got like $2800 in back pay so it was worth the wait
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Kingston Bellamy
•That gives me hope! Did you have to call them or did everything just automatically update in your account?
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Isaiah Cross
•it all happened automatically once the decision was entered. just keep checking your my.ny.gov account
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Kiara Greene
If you're having trouble getting through to NYS Department of Labor to check on your hearing status, you might want to try Claimyr. I used it a couple weeks ago when I needed to speak to someone about my adjudication delay. It's at claimyr.com and they have a video demo showing how it works at https://youtu.be/qyftW-mnTNI. Basically gets you connected to an actual NYS Department of Labor agent without waiting on hold forever.
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Evelyn Kelly
•Interesting, never heard of this service. Does it actually work? I've been trying to call for weeks about my overpayment issue.
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Kiara Greene
•Yeah it worked for me. Got through to someone in like 20 minutes instead of the usual hours of busy signals. Worth checking out if you're stuck.
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Paloma Clark
The whole hearing process is such a joke anyway. They make you wait months for a hearing then weeks more for a decision. Meanwhile you're supposed to survive on what exactly?? The system is completely broken and designed to wear people down so they give up.
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Heather Tyson
•I feel you on this. Going through the same thing right now and it's so stressful not knowing when money will come in.
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Raul Neal
Make sure when you get your decision letter that it specifically says you're eligible for benefits going forward. Sometimes they'll reverse the disqualification but there can still be other issues that need to be resolved. Also double check that your job search requirements are up to date in the system.
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Paolo Esposito
I went through this exact same process about 6 months ago. The good news is that since your employer didn't show up to the hearing, that usually works strongly in your favor. In my case, it took about 2.5 weeks to get the decision letter, and then another 10 days for the payments to actually start flowing. The back pay was definitely worth the wait - I got everything I was owed from when my claim was first put on hold. Just keep filing those weekly claims religiously, even though it feels pointless right now. Hang in there, you're almost at the finish line!
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