Do I serve another waiting week when reopening my ESD claim?

I reopend my calim last month and did NOT have to do a waiting week again. It's only 1 waiting week per benefit year! But make sure when you reopen you're still within the same benefit year as your original claim (usually 12 months from when you first filed). If your benefit year expired, then yes you'd have to serve a new waiting week.

The waiting week is only served once per benefit year, so you won't need to serve another one when reopening your claim within the same benefit year. However, make sure you report your temp job earnings accurately when reopening, as ESD will verify this information with your employer. Also, don't forget to restart your job search activities (3 per week) after reopening.

Just wanted to say that when I reopened my claim after a short job last year, everything restarted normally without a waiting week BUT there was a delay of almost 2 weeks while they "processed" my reopened claim. So even though you won't lose a week to the waiting week, you might experience some delay in payments resuming. Just FYI!

WATCH OUT they might put you in adjudication when you reopen!! happened to me when I went back to a part-time job for just 3 weeks then tried to reopen. ESD flagged my claim for "job separation issues" even though I told them the job was temporary and just ended. Took FIVE WEEKS to get it resolved and I almost got evicted waiting!!!!

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i had to reopen twice in 2024 and both times no waiting week but the second time they put me thru ID verification again for some reason. took an extra 4 days. just heads up it might happen

Btw make sure you reopen your claim the SAME DAY your temp job ends. I waited a week assuming I could backdate it (big mistake) and lost that whole week of benefits. ESD is super strict about this - you have to reopen effective the date you become unemployed again.

Just to clarify for everyone: The current ESD rules state that: 1. Waiting week is served once per benefit year 2. You must complete 3 job search activities each week 3. When reopening a claim, you should do so immediately after becoming unemployed 4. Temporary/seasonal work that ends is not generally subject to additional adjudication if properly reported 5. Your claim will restart with the same weekly benefit amount you had before