Can I get my waiting week payment after being disqualified but finding full-time work?

You actually CAN get your waiting week paid, but only after very specific conditions are met. According to TWC rules, you need to have received benefits for at least 3 weeks AND returned to full-time work. The disqualification complicates things though. If your entire claim was disqualified, then unfortunately you probably won't get that waiting week paid because you never actually received benefit payments after it. If only certain weeks were disqualified but you received benefits for 3+ other weeks, you might still qualify. I'd recommend calling TWC to verify your specific situation. The waiting week rules can be confusing because they're different from the regular benefit weeks.

I WAS IN THE EXACT SAME SITUATION last year!!! Filed in March, got DISQUALIFIED because my previous employer lied about why I left (they said I quit when they actually cut my hours to almost nothing). I appealed and won but by that time I already found another job. TWC said I couldn't get the waiting week because I never actually received 3 weeks of benefits payments. It's RIDICULOUS because we still had to WAIT that week but get NOTHING for it even though it wasn't our fault!!!! The system is designed to make us lose money no matter what.

have u tried calling them? sometimes the agents give different answers depenidng who u get

I work in HR and deal with TWC claims regularly. The waiting week payment has specific requirements: 1. You must receive 3 weeks of benefit payments after serving the waiting week 2. You must return to full-time work If your claim was fully disqualified and you never received benefits, you unfortunately won't be eligible for the waiting week payment. The waiting week is essentially a "qualifying" week for benefits. If you didn't qualify for the overall claim, the waiting week remains unpaid. However, if the disqualification was temporary or only applied to certain weeks, and you did receive benefits for at least 3 weeks total, you might still be eligible. Since you mentioned finding work just two weeks after disqualification, it sounds like you may not have met the 3-week benefit requirement.

Try using Claimyr to get through to TWC faster if you want to check on this. I was on hold for days trying to reach someone about my claim issues until I found their service at claimyr.com. They got me connected to a TWC agent in about 20 minutes. They have a video showing how it works: https://youtu.be/V-IMvH88P1U?si=kNxmh025COIlIzKh - definitely worth it when you need to talk to an actual human at TWC. The agents can tell you exactly what's possible with your specific claim situation.

From what I understand the waiting week is basically like a deductable on insurance. You don't get that week back unless you meet all the conditions, and being disqualified means you definitely don't meet them. I think they do it this way to discourage super short term claims? My cousin works at TWC and says they're really strict about the 3 weeks of benefits rule.

Im going thru something sorta similar. If i were u I would log into your TWC account and submit a message through the contact system asking specifically about your situation. Sometimes its easier than calling. And make sure to keep checking back for messages cuz they dont always email u when they respond. At least then youd have an official answer specific to ur claim without sitting on hold for hours.

After reading through all the comments, I agree with the consensus that you probably won't get the waiting week paid. But for future reference (or anyone else reading this thread), here's the official TWC rule about waiting week payments: "The waiting week is the first week of your claim. You must request payment for this week, but you won't get paid for it until: - You return to full-time work, or - You exhaust all of your benefits, or - You have received 3 times your weekly benefit amount in benefits" Since you were disqualified and never received benefits equaling 3x your weekly amount, the waiting week remains unpaid. The system is designed this way to prevent people from filing for very short periods of unemployment.