What does UI UI mean for unemployment - seeing this on my NYS Department of Labor claim
I keep seeing UI UI on my NYS Department of Labor account and I have no idea what it means. It shows up in a few different places on my claim but there's no explanation anywhere. Is this some kind of error or does it actually mean something? I'm worried it might be affecting my weekly claims.
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Jayden Reed
UI just stands for Unemployment Insurance - that's the official name for regular unemployment benefits. If you're seeing UI UI it might be a display glitch where it's showing up twice, or it could be referring to two different UI-related things on your account. What page are you seeing this on exactly?
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Grace Johnson
•It's on my payment history page and also when I log into the main dashboard. Good to know it's not something bad!
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Nora Brooks
omg I thought I was the only one seeing weird stuff like this! My account shows all kinds of random letters and codes that make no sense. NYS Department of Labor really needs to fix their website
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Eli Wang
The NYS Department of Labor system uses UI as the abbreviation for Unemployment Insurance throughout their database. When you see it repeated, it's usually because you're looking at a section that displays both the program type (UI) and benefit category (UI for regular unemployment vs other programs). It's not an error - just how their system labels things internally. Your weekly claims should process normally regardless of these display quirks.
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Cassandra Moon
•This is super helpful! I was getting so confused by all the acronyms on my account. Do you know what other abbreviations they use?
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Zane Hernandez
I had similar confusion when I first started filing. If you're having trouble understanding anything on your NYS Department of Labor account, I actually found this service called Claimyr that helps you get through to agents when you need clarification on stuff like this. Check out claimyr.com - they have a video demo at https://youtu.be/qyftW-mnTNI that shows how it works. Sometimes it's just easier to talk to a real person about these things.
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Grace Johnson
•Thanks! I might need that if I run into more confusing stuff on my account.
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Genevieve Cavalier
yeah UI is unemployment insurance, nothing to worry about at all
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