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  1. #1
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    Default EDD, Part Time Work, and the Federal Extension

    My question involves unemployment benefits for the state of: California

    I have been one of the many long-termed unemployed people in California - since 10/04/2007. I started receiving my 3rd federal extension benefits the week of 11/22/2009. My weekly benefits were $450. I filed my original claim 10/04/2007 and it expired a year later. However, I have been on federal extensions.

    In May 2009, I took a part-time job paying $75-$150/week. According to EDD, in the 3rd quarter of 2009, I made $1507. This then triggered EDD to automatically file a new unemployment claim for me January 3, 2010. Now, my weekly benefits are now $60.

    I've read in this forum something that you must have earnings of 40 times your benefits to have a valid new claim. Can someone please explain this? Do I a chance to appeal this? The date of the Notice of Award for the new claim EDD filed for me is 2/4/2010.

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    Default Re: EDD, Part Time Work, and the Federal Extension

    This isn't the first time I've heard a story like yours, boiling down to "I'm being punished because I took available work". But the system isn't always fair.

    The manner in which base periods work is detailed in this document.
    A claim ending date is 52 weeks after the claim beginning date, and they do look for any quarter in which you earned more than $1,300 as a basis to qualify for UI.
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    This is the date your claim year ends. This date is 52 weeks from the claim beginning date. Benefits remaining on this claim cannot be paid for weeks claimed after the claim ending date. A new claim must be filed if you are still unemployed or partially unemployed after this date.

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    Default Re: EDD, Part Time Work, and the Federal Extension

    I understand your situation. I'm in the same shoes as you. I became unemployed on November 15, 2007 and finally found work in January 2009. What I thought was a permanent position turned out to be a 1-month employment due to mortgage instability. As a result, EDD filed a new claim for me using January 2009's earnings and "resetting" the base period.

    I filed the appeal, but the judge ruled in EDD's favor.

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    Default Re: EDD, Part Time Work, and the Federal Extension

    Yes. This is a travesty. The sad truth is that people who take short term, part time work will be penalized for doing that. If you need a full time job, as most do, I recommend that you do not apply for anything other than that until you have exhausted your ui benefits.

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    Default Re: EDD, Part Time Work, and the Federal Extension

    Yeah, that is exactly what I explained to the judge. She expressed sympathy, and responded that she cannot "bend" the law.

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    Default Re: EDD, Part Time Work, and the Federal Extension

    I find this completely incomprehensible, particularly given California's employee-friendly reputation. In my state, it is encouraged that you take part time or short term work, and doing so ultimately benefits the applicant if they are unable to find permanent work when their initial claim expires. I have personally experienced this. It astonishes me that California will penalize an applicant for trying to better their situation.

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    Default Re: EDD, Part Time Work, and the Federal Extension

    Not one politician in the State of California that cares about this kind of crazy law that they passed last year to penalize the partime employee who used to work fulltime. I found that the only paper in the state willing to about the plight of the injustices of the "unemployed/underemployed" is the LA Times.

    Thanks everyone for your insights. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with this claim yet. I still have a few more days to decide.

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    Default Re: EDD, Part Time Work, and the Federal Extension

    Quote Quoting cbg
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    I find this completely incomprehensible, particularly given California's employee-friendly reputation. In my state, it is encouraged that you take part time or short term work, and doing so ultimately benefits the applicant if they are unable to find permanent work when their initial claim expires. I have personally experienced this. It astonishes me that California will penalize an applicant for trying to better their situation.
    For regular ui in normal times, it works that way here. But, in this time of Federal Extensions, in the cases that I am familiar with, the short term part time work disqualified the person for the Federal Extension, which would have been paid at the initial rate. This means the person would have to file a new claim with a new base period. Many have little or no income in the new base period because of their long term unemployed situation. This means either a denied claim or a greatly reduced benefit.

    There may be other situations that cause results that are somewhat similar.

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