ESD holiday closure question - will this delay my adjudication further?

The holiday will delay everything by at least one business day. Unfortunately, the governor's office doesn't handle individual unemployment claims - they'll just redirect you to ESD. Your adjudication is already taking longer than the typical 3-4 week timeframe. Have you checked your ESD online account for any alerts or requests for additional information? Sometimes claims get stuck because they need documentation from you but the notification gets lost.

ya the holiday def adds another day. sucks but thats how it is. i waited 7 weeks for mine last year

This EXACT THING happened to me in January!!! My adjudication took 6 WEEKS and I nearly lost my apartment. The ESD system is BROKEN and nobody cares!!! I called literally 47 times in one day and never got through to anyone. The holiday will 100% delay everything because they're already behind on EVERYTHING. I'm still fighting with them about an overpayment notice from THREE MONTHS AGO that was THEIR mistake not mine!!!!

I work in HR and deal with ESD regularly. Here's what's likely happening: your former employer may be contesting the claim or slow to respond to ESD's request for information. When this happens, ESD has to allow employers a certain timeframe to respond before proceeding. The holiday closure will add one business day to all timeframes. You should: 1. Continue filing your weekly claims on time 2. Check if your former employer is contesting your claim (call their HR department) 3. Prepare documentation showing you were laid off through no fault of your own 4. Try contacting ESD first thing Tuesday morning The adjudication process can take 4-8 weeks currently, especially for layoffs involving multiple employees.

I had good luck using Claimyr to get through to ESD when my claim was stuck. It costs a little but was worth it to actually talk to someone after weeks of trying. They got me connected to an agent in about 25 minutes when I couldn't get through at all by myself. You can see how it works at https://youtu.be/7DieNd3C7zQ?si=26TzE_zGms-DODN3 and their website is claimyr.com. The ESD agent was able to see that my claim had a flag on it that wasn't showing up in my online account.

Last month my brother had this same problem with his adjudication taking forever and he went to his state representative's office and they helped him! They have people who can contact ESD directly about constituent problems. Might be worth trying.

One more thing to check - make sure your identity verification is complete. Sometimes claims get stuck in adjudication because of ID verification issues, even if it doesn't specifically tell you that's the problem. Look under the "Upload Documents" section of your eServices account and see if there's anything pending there.

im in a similar situation after getting laid off from costco last month. still waiting on adjudication and also have rent due soon. been eating ramen for 2 weeks lol. let me know if any of these suggestions actually work for you

Quick update on holiday processing: While the ESD office is closed to the public on the holiday, some of their automated systems and processing still runs in the background. So while new actions requiring a human won't happen, some claims that were already in the final stages of processing might still move forward. Keep checking your account on Tuesday as they typically process a large batch after holidays.