New York Unemployment claim on hold after missing meeting due to Covid - Will I get backpay?
Got covid and missed my required meeting. My claim got put on hold but I called and they removed the hold. Agent told me to keep certifying. Anyone know if I'll get the missed week during the hold? Also wondering when payments will start up again.
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Brielle Johnson
Same thing happened to me last month. Keep certifying! You'll get back pay for the held week once they process everything. Took about 10 days for my payments to start again after the hold was lifted.
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Jake Sinclair
•10 days?! 😩 thats rough but at least its something. did u have to do anything special to get the backpay?
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Brielle Johnson
•Nope! Just kept claiming like normal and it showed up with my regular payment
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Honorah King
I finally found a way to get through to unemployment! Used this service called claimyr.com - they call and wait on hold, then connect you when someone picks up. Costs $20 but totally worth it. Here's a video about how it works: https://youtu.be/Rdqa1gKtxuE
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Oliver Brown
•sounds sketchy af. does it actually work? 🤔
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Honorah King
•100% legit! Used it twice now. Better than waiting 4 hours on hold lol
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Mary Bates
•ur really gonna pay to talk to unemployment? this system is so broken smh 🤮
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Honorah King
•Listen its $20 vs losing ur mind trying to get through. Worth every penny imo 💯
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Clay blendedgen
If ur still certifying every week ur good. They usualy release everything once the hold is gone. its just slow af rn
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Ayla Kumar
Document EVERYTHING. Screenshot your certifications, save any emails, write down who you talked to and when. NY unemployment loves to play games with peoples money 🤡
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Lorenzo McCormick
•THIS!!!! learned this the hard way last year
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Carmella Popescu
Pro tip: check your payment history on the website every morning. Sometimes they process stuff overnight and u might see pending payments before they actually hit ur account
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Jake Sinclair
•good to know! what time do they usually update?
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Carmella Popescu
•usually see updates around 7am EST
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Kai Santiago
Welcome to the wonderful world of ny unemployment where everything's made up and the timeframes dont matter ðŸŽ
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Lim Wong
•lmaooo fr its like whose line is it anyway but with our rent money 💀
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