Holiday week hours reporting on ESD weekly claim - how to handle paid time off?

You need to report ALL hours you were paid for, including holiday pay. So in your case, that would be 24 hours total (16 worked + 8 holiday pay). Holiday pay counts as earnings and hours. The other 16 hours where you weren't scheduled don't matter - ESD only cares about hours you actually worked or were paid for.

i went thru this same thing last year and reported just my actual worked hours (not holiday pay) and got flagged for an audit!! Had to pay back $267 plus a penalty. DEF report all paid hours including holiday pay!!!! The ESD system is designed to catch these things eventually.

Just adding another voice to confirm - report ALL paid hours including holiday pay, PTO, sick pay, etc. For your question about the 16 hours you weren't scheduled - those don't matter at all to ESD. They only care about hours you were paid for. You don't need to mention or explain hours you weren't scheduled or weren't paid for. When in doubt, over-report rather than under-report. It's much easier to get money you're entitled to later than to deal with overpayment notices!

Wait but I thought you don't have to report holiday pay if you didn't request it specifically?? My brother told me holiday pay is like a bonus and doesn't count as hours?

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Everyone here is wrong lol. Only report hours you PHYSICALLY WORKED according to my WorkSource advisor. Holiday pay goes in a different section of the form.

Just to clarify since there's some confusion in this thread: When you complete your weekly claim, you'll report: 1. Were you able and available for work? (If you were available 4 days but it was a holiday on the 5th, you'd still say YES for the full week) 2. Did you work or receive earnings? YES 3. Hours worked: 24 (16 actual + 8 holiday) 4. Gross earnings: (whatever you earned for those 24 hours) The system will then calculate your partial benefit if you qualify for one. The regular hours you didn't work or get paid for (the other 16 hours) are completely irrelevant to your UI claim.

i was so confused about this too when i first started claiming last month!! the esd instructions are so unclear about all this stuff. good luck!!