Unemployment Benefits Terminated after 13 Weeks
My question involves unemployment benefits for the state of: I opened my UI claim on 5/5/13 but was denied i appealed and won my benifits. I recieved my first ck on 7/10/13 i recieved back pay on weeks claimed, but did not get paid from date i opened my claim instead i got paid from 6/22/13 till 9/21/13. What my question is when you open a claim dont you get 26 weeks of benifits in my case i only recieved around 13 weeks. The weekly benifit was $425 and recieved my last ck on 9/28/13. Will i qualify for an extension since ived never collected UI before. Thanks any input would be helpful.
Re: Only Paid for 13 Weeks on UI Claim Why
(There is a reason we ask for your state)
When you asked these questions of the UI office in your unnamed state, what did they say?
Re: Only Paid for 13 Weeks on UI Claim Why
Whether you qualify for an extension depends on the rules under state law and the earnings and their distribution by quarter from your monetary determination.
A state can use three different requirements:
20 weeks of employment
base period wages >= 40 times your weekly benefit amount
base period wages >= 1.5 times the high wage quarter.
http://workforcesecurity.doleta.gov/...13/special.pdf
A state can use one or more of the criteria. You can use the PDF to look up your state's formulas starting on page 4-3. You only need to pass one of the tests your state uses, not all of them.
Re: Only Paid for 13 Weeks on UI Claim Why
Yes im very sorry its in the state of CA. The quarter i got paid was Jan,Feb,Mar of 2012 $ 11,029 were my earnings for that quarter i did not work the rest of the year because i had an accident so i was on sdi.
Re: Only Paid for 13 Weeks on UI Claim Why
One quarter won't qualify you for an extension based on the base period wages being greater than 1.5 of your high wage quarter. Your only hope is that 40 x your weekly benefit is less than your base period wages, and if not, you won't get an extension.
Also having only one quarter of wages goes a long way in explaining why your benefits at 13 weeks have been stopped. You probably ran out of money on your claim.
Re: Unemployment Benefits Terminated after 13 Weeks
I had opened an sdi claim on 2/22/12 an ended on 2/23/13. And i opened my UI claim in 5/5/13 I only worked the first quarter of 2012 but i did work the whole year of 2011,2010,2009,2008 all these years i worked none stop. So why would i only get 13 weeks of benifits. The claim says max benifit amount $5515.00 so why wouldnt they get a quarter where i could get atleast my 26 weeks...
Re: Unemployment Benefits Terminated after 13 Weeks
Because they only go back no more than 18 months. You could work for 40 years, get laid off, wait 18 months to apply for UI, and get absolutely nothing because your wages are too old.
Re: Unemployment Benefits Terminated after 13 Weeks
So i ran out of wages but is there something i could do why would they pay me from that quarter if i had a higher earning on the dec quarter. I spoke to a rep last week and she said something about i might qualify using my old claim the only old claim i can think about is my SDI claim and she did mention something about it.. Thank you for all your help
Re: Unemployment Benefits Terminated after 13 Weeks
Maybe they should have, but you only posted that you had earnings of $11,029 for the 1st Qtr 2012, and I accepted that as fact. Whether you get an extension is base on the monetary determination that you received. You can figure it out yourself now.
Re: Unemployment Benefits Terminated after 13 Weeks