Weekly claim suddenly PENDING after changing tax withholding - no explanation from ESD

Changing your tax withholding shouldn't cause a pending status on its own. More likely, you've hit the quarterly review point where ESD automatically checks your claim. They do this periodically throughout your benefit year to verify continued eligibility. Check if you're near the end of a calendar quarter - that often triggers additional verification. If it stays pending for more than 5 business days, you should definitely try contacting them.

same thing happened to me last month!! pending out of nowhere after 6 weeks of normal payments. turned out they were doing some identity verification thing on my account but NEVER told me until i finally got thru on the phone. took like 2 weeks to resolve tho 😡

This is incredibly common with ESD and usually resolves within 5-10 business days. Most likely causes in order of probability: 1) Quarterly review as mentioned above 2) Random eligibility verification (they do these periodically) 3) System flag due to the tax withholding change (rare but it happens) 4) Your employer submitted new information 5) Your claim hit a certain dollar threshold triggering review Unfortunately, ESD doesn't proactively notify claimants about most of these reviews. Keep filing your weekly claims while it's pending. When resolved, you'll receive all eligible payments at once. If it extends beyond 10 business days, there's likely an actual issue that requires attention.

i bet its cuz u changed ur tax stuff... the ESD computers are SO OLD they probably cant handle even tiny changes without freaking out lol. happened to my buddy last year too, his claim got stuck for like 3 days after he updated his address but then went back to normal without him doing anything

Try calling early in the morning like 7:55am right before they open. That's the only way I ever got through when my claim went pending for no reason. Waited on hold for 2 hours but at least got answers. They told me mine went pending because my employer submitted something late but they never bothered telling me!

UPDATE: Finally got through to ESD this morning! Turns out it WAS a quarterly review thing. The agent told me they're doing extra verification on claims that cross into Q2 2025. My claim should be back to paid status by next Wednesday. Thanks everyone for the help and suggestions!