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Make sure you understand the difference between your weekly benefit amount and your maximum benefit amount. The weekly amount is what you get each week, but there's also a total maximum you can collect during your entire benefit year.
I hadn't thought about that distinction. How do they calculate the maximum total?
It's typically 26 times your weekly benefit amount, assuming you're eligible for the full 26 weeks. So if you get $400/week, your maximum total would be $10,400.
One more thing - make sure you report any income you receive while collecting benefits, even small amounts. Washington ESD is pretty strict about this and penalties for not reporting can be severe.
Yes, any income needs to be reported when you file your weekly claim. They'll reduce your benefit amount based on what you earned, but you might still get a partial payment.
I learned this the hard way - got an overpayment notice for not reporting some cash work I did. Had to pay it all back plus penalties.
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Last piece of advice - keep copies of everything. Every document, every weekly claim, every communication with Washington ESD. You never know when you might need to reference something later.
Good point. I'll start a folder to keep everything organized.
Smart move. Organization will save you headaches if any issues come up down the road.
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For anyone wondering, you can check your remaining benefit weeks by logging into your Washington ESD account online. It shows your weekly benefit amount, total benefit amount remaining, and how many weeks you have left.
That's helpful to know. I should probably check that regularly to keep track of where I stand.
Definitely. It's good to know exactly how much time you have left so you can plan accordingly. The online account is actually pretty useful once you get familiar with it.
Just remember that finding a job is your full-time job now. The 26 weeks might seem like a lot of time, but it goes faster than you think when you're dealing with applications, interviews, and the whole job search process.
You're right. I need to treat this seriously and not get too comfortable just because I have 6 months of benefits coming.
Exactly. Use the benefits as a safety net while you aggressively search for work, don't treat them as a vacation. The job search requirements exist for a reason.
Vera Visnjic
Just wanted to add that vacation payout is treated the same as severance usually. If you got both, report both but don't stress about it. Washington ESD handles this stuff all the time.
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Ben Cooper
•I did get vacation payout too, about $1,500. Good to know I should report that as well.
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Vera Visnjic
•Yep, report everything. They'd rather have complete information upfront than discover it later during an audit or something.
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Jake Sinclair
Last thought - if you end up needing to talk to Washington ESD about your severance and can't get through on the phone, that Claimyr service someone mentioned earlier actually works. I was skeptical at first but they got me through to an agent when I'd been trying for days on my own.
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Ben Cooper
•Good to have that as a backup option. Hopefully I won't need it but it's reassuring to know it exists.
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Jake Sinclair
•Exactly. Sometimes you just need to talk to a human to get clarity on these things, and Claimyr makes that possible when the regular phone system fails you.
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