My question involves unemployment benefits for the state of: California.
I received a letter from EDD with the title "Notice of determination of invalid claim, section 1277"
I do not understand what it is about.
It says : "In order to have a valid clain, section 1277 requires that you were paid or earned at least $1300 as an employee in one quarter during the period from 11.2.08 to 10.31.09 and performed some work, or that you were paid or earned at least $900 as an employee in the quarter of your highest earnings and earned at least 1.25 times your high quarter earnings during the above period and performed some work."
I have been unemployed since 11.5.08 and the only income i have since then is about $1000 worth of severance pay and my UI benefits.
It then says that this determination does not affect my claim for extended benefits then "any UI claim you file will be invalid under section 1277 until 4.20.10
I still have no idea what 1277 is or how this letter affects anything, was i supposed to somehow earn $1300?? I thought the point of UI was because i had no income. I was told I qualified for a second extension to benefits automatically and have received the first form for that.
Included is an appeal form.
any help is appreciated.![]()

