ESD payment delay due to holiday weekend - normal or problem?

yea theres always a delay when theres a holiday. nothing to worry about, youll get it tomorrow

This is correct - ESD follows the federal banking holiday schedule, so payments that would normally process Monday night and post Tuesday will be delayed by one day. Your payment should appear tomorrow (Wednesday). Just a helpful note: if you're cutting it close with bills, you can adjust which day you file your weekly claim. Filing earlier in the week (Sunday-Monday) vs. later (Tuesday-Saturday) can help you avoid these holiday delay situations in the future.

Same boat here! Was freaking out a little when I didn't see my payment hit my account this morning.

Every.Single.Holiday this happens and ESD NEVER bothers to put up a notice or send an email warning people! I've been on unemployment for 8 months and it's always the same story. You'd think they could program their system to automatically send a notification about payment delays due to holidays, but NOPE. Too much to ask apparently!

I had this same issue a couple months ago after Labor Day and spent HOURS trying to get through to ESD because I was worried something was wrong with my claim! Tried calling over 20 times and kept getting the "high call volume" message and disconnected. Finally used a service called Claimyr (claimyr.com) that got me through to an actual agent in about 35 minutes. They have a video showing how it works: https://youtu.be/7DieNd3C7zQ?si=26TzE_zGms-DODN3 Didn't need it this time since I knew about the holiday delay, but it was a lifesaver when I was panicking about my claim status.

my friend works at a bank and says all direct deposits are delayed after federal holidays. its not just an ESD thing fyi

To answer your original question more specifically: 1) Yes, payments are delayed by one business day following federal holidays 2) This affects ALL banking transactions, not just ESD payments 3) The payment should show as "processing" in your ESD account even if it hasn't hit your bank yet 4) If you don't see it by Thursday morning, THEN there might be an issue with your claim For future reference, all 2025 federal holidays that will delay payments are: New Year's Day, MLK Day, Presidents Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Indigenous Peoples' Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.

Just wanted to update - I received my payment this morning (Wednesday) as expected after the holiday. Hope everyone else did too!