To answer your original question more specifically: 1) Yes, payments are delayed by one business day following federal holidays 2) This affects ALL banking transactions, not just ESD payments 3) The payment should show as "processing" in your ESD account even if it hasn't hit your bank yet 4) If you don't see it by Thursday morning, THEN there might be an issue with your claim For future reference, all 2025 federal holidays that will delay payments are: New Year's Day, MLK Day, Presidents Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Indigenous Peoples' Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.

Just wanted to update - I received my payment this morning (Wednesday) as expected after the holiday. Hope everyone else did too!

i know someone that appealed and won but they had documentation from their doctor saying the job was affecting their mental health. do u have anything like that?

Don't forget that even if you appeal, you need to keep filing your weekly claims! Many people miss this. Even if your initial claim is denied, if you win on appeal, they'll pay you for all those weeks - but ONLY if you filed claims for them. It's easy to get discouraged and stop filing, but that's a big mistake.

I want to clarify something important that's being missed in this thread. If you DON'T get standby status approved, you absolutely must continue doing your job search activities even with a job offer in hand. Failing to do so can result in benefit denial and possible overpayment assessment. Also, once your standby period ends (usually 8 weeks max), you'll need to resume job searches if your start date gets pushed back again beyond that timeframe. ESD is strict about this rule and they do audit claims randomly.

wait wait wait so if I accepted a job but haven't started yet I don't have to keep applying to random jobs? ive been filing for months and no one told me this wtf

my cousin works for the govs office (not sayin more for privacy) but she says they get HUNDREDS of complaints about ESD phones every month. nobody does anything cuz unemployment people dont vote enough i guess lol. system working exactly how they want it to tbh

Just a follow-up on my earlier comment - if you do contact your representatives, be very specific about your issue and what you want done. "Fix the phone system" is too vague. Ask for specific actions like "Increase staffing during peak hours" or "Implement a callback system instead of hold times." The more specific your ask, the more likely it is to be addressed. Also, tracking your call attempts can help. Document every time you call, how long you wait, and the outcome. This data is powerful when presented to representatives or the media.

You should check if you have any additional fact-finding questions in your eServices account. Sometimes there are multiple issues and even if one gets resolved favorably, another might be holding up payment. Log in and look under "Alerts" and also check all tabs under the "Uploads and Messages" section. I missed a fact-finding questionnaire that was hiding there and it delayed my payments for weeks!

Just following up - did you ever get your payments resolved? I'm curious if the website message suggestion or anything else worked for you.