TWC automatically paid my waiting week after starting part-time job - did I mess up my claim?

You're fine! TWC actually pays the waiting week after you've received benefits for 3 weeks total AND have either returned to full-time work OR earned wages equal to at least 6x your weekly benefit amount. So if your part-time job has earned you enough wages to hit that 6x threshold across multiple weeks, the system automatically processes your waiting week payment. It's working as designed. Just keep accurately reporting your part-time hours/wages and you'll be good. The system is calculating everything correctly based on your reported earnings.

The same thing happened with me! I got a job at Target working 25 hours a week and after like a month they randomly paid my waiting week. I freaked out thinking I'd checked some wrong box or something. Called TWC like 50 times and never got through. But nothing bad ever happened, so I think your fine.

There are two ways to get your waiting week paid: 1) Receive 3 benefit payments AND return to full-time work OR 2) Receive 3 benefit payments AND earn wages equal to at least 6x your weekly benefit amount Sounds like you hit option #2. For example, if your weekly benefit amount is $500, once you've earned $3,000 in wages (while on partial unemployment), the system automatically pays your waiting week. The TWC computer system tracks this automatically. Nothing to worry about - this is how the system is designed to work. Just keep accurately reporting your hours and wages each time you request payment.

ur overthinking it lol. free money! take it and be happy

I think your waiting week got paid because you've worked enough at your part-time job. When I was on unemployment last year after getting laid off from Dell, I got a part-time contract gig and after earning enough money (while still getting partial unemployment), they paid my waiting week too. The TWC system is weird but this is normal.

OMG the TWC system is SUCH A MESS! I had the EXACT opposite problem - I got a full-time job and they NEVER paid my waiting week!! Been fighting with them for MONTHS trying to get that money. Called like 100 times, always busy signal or they hang up on me after I wait for an hour!!! At least your situation worked out! But if you ever DO need to actually talk to someone at TWC, I finally had success using Claimyr (claimyr.com). They got me through to an actual human at TWC after trying for weeks on my own. They have a demo video showing how it works: https://youtu.be/V-IMvH88P1U?si=kNxmh025COIlIzKh But sounds like you don't even need to call since everything is working correctly for you!

The whole waiting week thing is confusing... I thought it was only paid if you go back to full-time work too. But then my friend was working like 30 hrs a week for a while (not full time) and she got her waiting week. Maybe the rules changed recently?

Wait so do we still have to do 3 work searches per week if we have a part time job? I thought once you had any job you didn't have to do the work searches anymore?

I went thru this last year when i was on unemployment. got a part time job at HEB, still claimed partial unemployment for like 2 months. they paid my waiting week after i had been working there about 6 weeks. its all about how much money you've earned while on unemployment.

Just curious - when they paid your waiting week, was it the full amount or was it reduced because of your part-time job? When I got mine it was reduced.