ESD adjudication stuck for 2+ months - finally approved after 60+ days

Unfortunately, this is pretty standard for ESD these days. Their adjudication backlog has been terrible in 2025. I filed in June and waited 7 weeks in adjudication. The key is to keep filing your weekly claims even when you're not getting paid - once they approve your claim, you'll get all the backpay for those weeks (assuming you met all eligibility requirements during that time). Glad to hear yours finally went through!

congrats on finally getting approved!! im on week 6 of adjudication and losing my mind. did u do anything special to get it pushed through or did it just randomly process?

This is why the ESD system is completely broken. They expect people to somehow survive 2+ months with no income while they take their sweet time reviewing claims. And they wonder why people get desperate and give up! I waited 11 weeks last year, and when I finally got through to someone, they told me it was because of a "system flag" that could have been resolved in 5 minutes if anyone had actually looked at my claim. The whole system needs to be rebuilt from scratch.

I'm at week 4 of adjudication and totally freaking out reading this thread. How are people supposed to pay rent when ESD takes 2+ months to review claims? I thought adjudication was supposed to be like 3 weeks max!

Has anyone tried the Claimyr service to get through to ESD? I was stuck in adjudication for 7 weeks and couldn't get through on the phones, but then I used Claimyr (claimyr.com) and got connected to an agent in about 20 minutes. They were able to tell me exactly what was holding up my claim and pushed it through the next day. They have a video demo too: https://youtu.be/7DieNd3C7zQ?si=26TzE_zGms-DODN3. Honestly wish I'd known about it sooner instead of wasting hours redialing ESD.

I'm going to share some insider info as someone who used to work adjacent to ESD - adjudication timeframes vary dramatically based on the type of issue flagged on your claim. Identity verification issues can take 3-4 weeks. Employer disputes about reason for separation can take 6-8 weeks. Multiple employers or complex work history can take 8-10 weeks. And if your claim gets flagged for potential fraud (even wrongly), that can take 10-12 weeks. The system is definitely broken, but knowing what's causing your adjudication can help set expectations. For the original poster - did they ever tell you what caused the adjudication in the first place?

One tip for everyone still waiting - make sure you're doing your job search activities and documenting them properly every week, even during adjudication. I've seen people wait 2+ months, finally get approved, then have half their weeks denied because they didn't do the required 3 job search activities each week during the wait. The system is very unforgiving about this.

Just wanted to update that I finally got a letter explaining why my claim was in adjudication. Apparently my former employer initially contested the claim saying I quit instead of being laid off. Even though I submitted documentation proving it was a layoff right away, it still took them 9 weeks to verify. So frustrating that ESD just takes employers at their word and makes us wait months to prove otherwise.