Won my PA UC appeal hearing today - how long until payment deposit?

Congrats on winning your appeal! I went through this exact situation last summer. If the referee made the decision on the spot like you said, payments are usually released within 3-5 business days. But for backpay that large, it might take up to 2 weeks since they sometimes do additional reviews on larger amounts. Keep checking your payment status daily on the PA UC dashboard - it'll show as 'in progress' before it hits your account. Make sure your payment method (direct deposit or Money Network card) is set up correctly now because fixing that later can cause major delays.

its actually depends if u got a referee decision or just a verbal thing. referee has to write up official decision which takes couple days then they have to process it. took me 18 days total from hearing to money but my freind got his in 4 days so who knows lol

In addition to what others have mentioned, there's an important detail: the employer has 15 days to appeal the referee's decision to the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review. If they file that appeal, your payments could be delayed further or even put on hold again. However, in many cases, employers don't pursue it further after losing at the referee level. As for payment timing, based on current PA UC processing times, you should see the status change to "payable" within about 7-10 days, then payment processing begins. The entire backpay should come as one lump sum in most cases. Make sure to keep filing your weekly claims during this time! Many people stop after winning an appeal, thinking it's automatic, but you still need to file for each week you want benefits.

I WENT THROUGH THE SAME EXACT THING IN JANUARY!!! My employer said I was terminated for misconduct when I was actually laid off with 6 others from my department. These companies will lie through their teeth to avoid paying UC!!! I won my appeal too and it was THE BEST FEELING EVER!! But then I had to wait FOREVER for my money. It took 24 days from my hearing until the money hit my account. I called like 50 times and nobody could tell me anything except "it's processing" and "just keep waiting." The system is a total mess. I hope yours is faster but don't count on it!!!

Congrats! When I won my appeal last month, it took exactly 9 days for the money to hit my account. All came at once too, which was nice. One thing though - check if you're eligible for interest on your backpay. PA UC is supposed to pay interest if processing takes more than 30 days from your initial application. Most people don't know to ask for this.

I tried calling PA UC for weeks after my appeal with no luck - always busy signal or disconnected. Found a service called Claimyr (claimyr.com) that got me connected to an actual UC agent in about 10 minutes. Worth it to check on your payment status instead of waiting and wondering. They have a video showing how it works: https://youtu.be/CEPETxZdo9E?si=WL1ZzVZWG3KiHrg2. After I got through, the agent was able to expedite my payment release.

Be prepared for taxes next year too!!! I totally forgot unemployment is taxable and got hit with a big tax bill. You can request they withhold taxes now to avoid that shock later!!!

my cosin went thru something similar took 5 days to get paid after he won but they didnt give him all his money at once. they split it up into 3 payments for some reason. he never did figure out why