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Final advice: be patient but proactive. Check your account daily, respond to any requests immediately, keep filing weekly claims, and if you haven't heard anything after 4 weeks, definitely try to reach out to Washington ESD directly. Most claims do get approved eventually, it just takes time to work through the system.
Thank you so much everyone! This has been really helpful. I feel much better knowing what to expect and what I need to do while I wait.
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Don't forget you also have to be able and available for full-time work. If your part-time schedule conflicts with potential full-time opportunities, that could be an issue.
Good point! My part-time job is pretty flexible though, so I think I'll be okay there.
Yeah flexibility is key. If you can't take a full-time job because of your part-time schedule, that's when you might run into problems.
The weekly claim process is pretty straightforward once you get used to it. Just answer honestly about your work hours and earnings. The system calculates everything automatically.
Thanks everyone for all the helpful responses! I feel much more confident about filing now.
Good luck! The partial benefits really help while you're job searching.
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Keep us posted on what you find out! I'm sure other people are dealing with similar repeated disqualification issues.
Will do - hopefully I can figure out what's been going wrong and help others avoid the same problems.
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I had to appeal twice - lost the first hearing but won at the Board of Review level. Don't give up even if the first appeal doesn't go your way.
What was different about the Board of Review hearing?
They actually looked at all the evidence more carefully. The first hearing officer seemed to just believe the employer without question.
Try calling Washington ESD one more time to see if you can get this sorted out without an appeal. I know the phone lines are terrible but sometimes you get lucky. If you can't get through, that Claimyr service someone mentioned earlier might be worth trying - anything to avoid the stress of an appeal if it's not necessary.
You're right, I should exhaust all options before going the appeal route. I'll try Claimyr tomorrow if I can't get through on my own.
Good plan. Even if you do end up having to appeal, at least you'll know you tried everything. Good luck!
Sophia Long
For anyone still confused about the 'rate' - think of it as your weekly unemployment payment amount. That's literally what your unemployment insurance rate is. Not a percentage, just the dollar amount you get each week.
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Jasmine Quinn
•Perfect explanation! I was definitely overthinking this whole thing.
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Sophia Long
•It happens to everyone. The terminology makes it sound more complicated than it actually is.
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Angelica Smith
Washington ESD calculates your weekly benefit using a specific formula based on your highest earning quarter in the base period. They take that quarterly amount, divide by 26, and that becomes your weekly benefit rate. Pretty straightforward once you understand the base period concept.
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Jasmine Quinn
•Thanks everyone for all the explanations! This thread really helped me understand how my benefits were calculated.
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Angelica Smith
•Glad it helped! The base period is really the key to understanding the whole calculation.
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