Should I fill out this 2-year-old MEUC form in my NY unemployment account as a seasonal school bus driver with no self-employment income?

MEUC was for people who had both W2 income and self-employment income during the base period. If you only have W2 income from the school district, you don't qualify for it and can ignore the form. It's probably just sitting in your account from when they sent them out to everyone.

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That MEUC thing was from the pandemic. It was for people who had both regular jobs AND self-employment income. As a bus driver who only works for a school, you can just ignore it. The system is full of old junk like that.

The ny unemployment system is such a joke! I had random forms sitting in my account for months after they were irrelevant. If your only income is from the school district as a bus driver, you can ignore that form completely. It's for people who had mixed income types.

As someone who worked for the DOL (not anymore thank god), here's what you need to know about that form and seasonal workers like school bus drivers: The MEUC program was created during the height of the pandemic for people who had BOTH traditional W-2 income AND significant self-employment income. The goal was to supplement benefits for people who were getting shortchanged by the regular unemployment system because their self-employment wasn't factored in properly. If you're only a W-2 employee through the school district, this form is 100% irrelevant to you. You can safely ignore it. The system automatically generated these forms for many claimants, and they never bothered to clean them up afterward. For seasonal school workers, here's what you actually need to focus on: 1) Make sure you're properly reporting your return-to-work dates at the end of summer 2) Verify your benefit year hasn't expired if you've been collecting multiple summers 3) If you have any issues reaching someone by phone (which is likely), use claimyr.com - I've seen many claimants find success with this service The NY unemployment system is unfortunately filled with outdated notices and confusing forms. Focus only on your regular certifications and any direct messages from DOL in your inbox.

I got the same form and just ignored it. Been certifying seasonally for 4 years now (cafeteria worker) and nothing bad has happened. Their system is always full of old junk.

Something similar happened to me. Had a random form from 2021 still sitting there. Called them (took 3 days to get thru) and they said to ignore it. If ur just a school employee u don't need to worry about MEUC forms.

MEUC stands for Mixed Earner Unemployment Compensation. It was for people who had both W-2 and 1099 income during the pandemic. Since you're just a school bus driver with W-2 income, you don't need to fill it out. It was a pandemic program that ended long ago anyway.

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Seasonal school employees have special rules with NY unemployment. The MEUC form is unrelated to your situation and was from the pandemic era. You can safely ignore it. Just make sure you're following the proper seasonal certification procedures when school is out.

you can just ignore that. it's for ppl who had both regular jobs AND self-employment during the pandemic. the system is full of outdated junk like this that they never bothered to clean up 🙄

I'm also a seasonal worker (pool lifeguard) and had the same form. Called unemployment and they said since I only have one type of employment I should ignore it. The form was for people with multiple income types during 2020-2021.

I had this exact thing! Bus driver for 7 years and I saw that form too. I couldn't get anyone on the phone so I went to my local workforce office and they told me it was a pandemic thing that doesn't apply to me. You can just ignore it.

its an old pandemic form for ppl who had both regular jobs + gig work. if ur just w2 from the school u can ignore it. ny unemployment system is such a mess they never clean up old stuff 😩