ESD showing wrong employer on my weekly claim - how to remove old employer I never got laid off from?

omg same thing happened to me!!! the esd system keeps old employers in their database and sometimes shows them when u file. dont panic, as long as u report your earnings correctly for each week it shouldnt matter. but yeah its confusing af

This is a common issue with the ESD system. When you file a claim, ESD pulls your wage history from the past 18 months (your base year), but the system sometimes shows employers from even further back. What matters most is that you correctly identify which employer laid you off recently. To fix this, you should: 1. Call ESD and explain the situation 2. Ask them to update your claim to reflect the correct separating employer 3. Make sure they know which employer actually laid you off This is important because the reason for separation affects your eligibility. If you don't correct this, ESD might investigate the wrong employer and potentially delay or deny your claim.

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Back to the original question - you don't actually need to "remove" the old employer from your claim history. What's important is making sure ESD understands which employer is your most recent and that they correctly identify the reason for separation (layoff). When you file weekly claims, you'll only need to report job search activities or any new earnings. The old employer info is just part of your wage history that ESD uses to calculate your benefit amount. As long as your most recent employer is correctly identified as a layoff, you should be fine. If you want to be 100% sure, when you reach an agent, ask them to verify that your "separating employer" is correctly listed. That's the important designation that affects your eligibility.

when i had this happen the esd lady told me they only care about employers in your "base year" which is like the last 5 quarters or something before you filed. so if that old job was before your base year it doesnt even matter. but yeah call and make sure the right info is there about your recent employer thats the important part

I had a kinda related issue whre ESD kept sending letters to an employer I worked at for like 3 weeks as a temp job. They were suuuuper confused and kept calling me about it even tho I had a full time job after that for 2 years which was the one that actually laid me off! The system is so weird sometimes lol. But I eventually got it sorted by talking to an agent on the phone who fixed it in their system.