PA UC says it's my 'waiting week' on my 8th certification - what's going on?

wait did u file a new claim? sometimes when your benefit year ends u have to file a new claim and then u get a new waiting week. happened to me last month.

This sounds like there might be an issue with your benefit year. Even though you think you're in the same benefit year, the system might have triggered a new one for some reason. Here's what could be happening: 1. Your original claim might have been closed due to earnings reported 2. There might be an open issue that triggered a re-evaluation of your claim 3. The system could have a glitch where it's treating your continuing claim as a new one I'd recommend contacting PA UC immediately to get clarification before your next filing date. What did your confirmation page say exactly? Did it specifically use the term "waiting week"?

The SAME EXACT THING just happened to me last month!!! I was on my 6th claim and suddenly got a "waiting week" message. I called and called for DAYS and finally got through. Turns out they had automatically applied for a new benefit year for me because I had some W2 wages from a side gig I did months ago. The stupid system created a new claim without even telling me!!!! You HAVE TO call them to fix this - they reset my claim back to the original one and I got paid for that week eventually.

The UC system is notorious for doing weird things like this. Most likely what's happening is there was some kind of automatic processing in your claim that triggered a new benefit year or program switch. Try checking your claim status online - go to the dashboard and look at your claim summary. Does it show a different benefit year start date than before? Also check if you got any messages in your dashboard inbox. Sometimes they send notices but don't email you about them. If you reported any work at all, even just a few hours, that might have triggered this. Did you report any work in the last few weeks?

I had a similar issue and spent 3 days trying to get through on the phone with no luck. I finally used Claimyr.com to connect with an agent and got it resolved in one call. They have a system that connects you directly to a UC rep, bypassing the busy signals. They have a video demo at https://youtu.be/CEPETxZdo9E?si=WL1ZzVZWG3KiHrg2 showing how it works. In my case, it turned out my claim had been flagged for quarterly review which triggered the system to incorrectly apply a waiting week. The agent removed it right away once I explained the situation.

did u check if u had a system message in ur dashboard? sometimes they send stuff there but dont email u about it

Another possibility is that you unintentionally answered one of the biweekly questions differently than usual. For example, if you accidentally indicated you were able and available for only part of the week, or if you answered "yes" to any questions about starting school, training, or relocating, the system might have triggered a re-evaluation. I'd recommend checking your claim status daily while trying to reach a representative. Sometimes these issues resolve themselves within 2-3 business days if it was just a processing delay. But definitely keep trying to reach someone by phone.

UPDATE: I FINALLY got through to someone! Turns out it was a system glitch because my claim had hit exactly 26 weeks total (counting the weeks I didn't claim when I briefly had a job in February). The rep said sometimes when claims hit certain milestones, the system automatically does a review and can incorrectly apply a waiting week during that process. She removed the waiting week designation and said my payment should process normally within 2-3 business days. She also mentioned they're seeing this happen more frequently lately and are working on a fix. So if this happens to anyone else, keep calling until you get through - it's definitely an error they can fix! Thanks everyone for your help!

glad u got it fixed!!! the system is so broken smh