Another important thing to remember is that if you're starting your job in 2 weeks, you should continue filing your weekly claims until you actually start working. You're still eligible for benefits during that waiting period as long as you're meeting all other requirements (available for work, conducting job search activities, etc.). Once you begin working, file that final claim reporting your employment as others have mentioned. This ensures you receive all benefits you're entitled to while properly closing out your claim.

Yes, technically you need to continue your three job search activities each week until you actually start working. However, if you have a definite job offer with a confirmed start date, you can request to be placed on "standby" status for those final weeks, which would exempt you from job search requirements. You'd need to call ESD to request this, though, and for just two weeks it might be simpler to just do the job search activities.

Have you been filing your weekly claims this entire time? Even while waiting for appeal and after winning, you MUST continue filing weekly claims or you won't get paid for those weeks, regardless of eligibility. I've seen many people win appeals but not get full back pay because they stopped filing weekly claims during the appeal process.

Update for anyone following this thread: I talked to the OP privately and they finally got through to ESD using the advice here. Their payment is being processed now and they should receive all back benefits within 48 hours! Sometimes it just takes persistence (and knowing exactly who to ask for).

After reading all this im so glad I used Claimyr instead of calling myself. it saved me HOURS. Just google it. after 2 weeks of trying myself i paid them and got through to ESD in an hour.

To directly answer your original question, here are ALL the ESD phone numbers that might help: - Main Claims Center: 800-318-6022 (best chance, but hardest to reach) - Technical Support: 855-682-0785 (limited help with claim status) - Office of Special Investigations: 800-246-9763 (only for fraud issues) - Employer Line: 877-504-5607 (not for claimants, but sometimes agents will help) If your claim has been pending more than 3 weeks, you can also try contacting your state representative's office. They often have ESD liaisons who can look into delayed claims.

Just checking back - were you able to get through to ESD? What did they say about the $5 payment?

THE SYSTEM IS BROKEN!!! This is the third post I've seen this week about payment errors. How are people supposed to survive when ESD can't even pay the right amounts?? And you can never reach anyone there! I'm still waiting for backpay from FEBRUARY!!!! 😡😡😡

Wait so you've been waiting 2 months in adjudication and JUST NOW contacted the governor's office? I would have done that after 3 weeks max! For what it's worth, when I had an issue last year and went through the governor's office route, it took exactly 2 weeks from my contact with them until my claim was resolved. They told me 10-15 business days was their typical timeframe for these escalations.

I kept calling ESD directly hoping to get through. I didn't even know contacting the governor was an option until I found this forum! Lesson learned for sure.