The state legislature would need to amend state law to do so, she said. PUA) and you need to certify weekly for enhanced unemployment benefits, you can only go back to the date you filed your claim. Since March 29, LWC records indicate that the agency has paid nearly $270 million in benefits and assistance to the residents of Louisiana, according to the state agency. A simple mass email should have been the solution in this instance as well. When I filed for PUC, it was past July 31. 9/15 to Nicole: I sent an email to PA PUA requesting to Back Date my claim. Did u receive your back pay in one lump sum or in increments? If you receive UI from your state then yes you need to contact your state UI office and have them put in your request. But how do I certify for the past weeks / months I need to recieve back payment??? I hav filed my 6 week but my paper said i wil go back to april for the 600 extra but i havnt recieved my lump payment yet will i stil recieve it? A week later I recieved 2 $400 payments and 1 $600 payment. Emailed a dozen times no response. 10/19 Good news for NJ unemployed…………….per today’s Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper online: “Some New Jersey workers will start to see $300 in federal unemployment benefits deposited in their bank accounts beginning this week, Gov. I do get my weekly 171.00$ then yesterday i got a correspondance for adjudication for back pay i had to submit proof of address and bank and 2018 and 2019 taxes and the reason i cant do my job and it gave me a week to do that. States can, for instance, pay benefits when: An employer temporarily closes due to COVID-19, preventing employees from going to work ; A person is quarantined and anticipates going back to … I hear you on the fraud, what kills me is those people were paid huge lump sums they had no right to and I’m legit out of work for 4 months and lied about nothing and would prefer if I didn’t even have to do this. This was deemed in some national online articles, an unintended “glitch,” but I did not get the extra $600 when I filed on Monday 8/3 for my week of 7/26 to 8/1 – and these dates were pre-filled for me, by the PA software, and I couldn’t change them. Escatell began receiving PUA payments a few weeks after he applied, he said, sometime in April. Without warning, there was a transaction noting that it was “cancelled.” Further, I see that this option (moving funds from the card to your own personal account) has disappeared from the Relia Card website. Please help. It would help others posting here, from your state, to know that. I’ve been waiting for 90 days no response no nothing, 9/21 = Scroll up toward the top of these postings, and read my long response, that begins: “9/`18 update from an online NBC news article: “Over $1 BILLION in unemployment aid is being threatened by fraud, in schemes ranging from lying about personal income to sophisticated cybercrime, state and federal officials told NBC News. I literally spent over 2 hours on hold, but it was definitely worth it. Because every state has their own online system, and is unique to where you live. Hopefully that can work for you. i feel like i missed out on alot :(, Do you mind me asking when did you start getting your payments I applied June 16th I was qualified for pua on July 20th and I filled out all the proper forms and I’m still waiting they sent me benefit determination and said I qualified and that’s as far as it’s went and I’ve heard nothing and it’s a joke trying to get through to him and sweetheart you answered your own question you do get back pay from the date you put down on your application as last worked that’s the determination letter you’ll get that says what date they determines you eligible to go look at your letter, The certification page when u claim your week right above where it say enter social go all the way back to march date n claim each week it should be a sunday date claim each week make sure u get each week from the approval date. Oh thank me in later!! I could be wrong though, My letter said the same thing that I will get paid from April 4 2020 to July 25 2020 and I’m in Virginia I’m still waiting on my back pay I’m waiting to. I’ve been out of work since April 15. My Benefit Year end date is 12/26 2020. Hours worked? If anyone has more info on this, please post here and let us know – but strictly for Pennsylvania. 1001 N. 23rd Street . You have to have got your application submitted before July 25 2020 to be eligible for the $600 payment included in the back pay. And there’s a daily limit of about $1,000, I believe, so more than one trip will be necessary. Go ahead and certify for each week. Been desperately trying to figure out back pay. However LALATE can report that some states already are allowing customers to submit information now. Thank you! Within a few days, Jobs and Family Services called me and put the backpay in my bank account. If you where unemployed which will also make you qualify for the PUA. Your claim can be backdated you need to actually talk to a representative and they will manually do it. Are you a family member? I put on my original claim the date in March due to Covid-19, but when I spoke with the lady at VEC, she told me to appeal my date to go back to March. Save or screen capture. Thus, if you previously earned $1,000 a week ($4,000 per month), you’d get $450 in weekly unemployment coverage, or $1,800 per month from the state of California. California is now partnering with federal law enforcement to investigate, and has stopped automatically backdating PUA claims, and will limit multiple payments to the same address when suspicious activity is detected. Here in Virginia. There’s a file 4 Arizona’s Pua page you can download and it’s called Pua portal for claimants and when you open it it’s got like 60 Questions in the first portion skip past all of that and the second portion of it has to do with the weekly benefit claims and Skip to like number 14 or 15 and that shows you how you get the back payment this should help for people that aren’t in Arizona as well cuz at least shows how easy it is to miss something so freaking important. It sounds like they made a mistake, I got my lump payment the same week I got my first regular payment. And they told me i had properly certified for the weeks i was without work, leading up to me actually putting the claim in. same situation, yes same situation, did this ever get resolved? States have mistakenly sent benefits to thousands of workers. Hi Chris. What is the story with back-pay? Then I was told OJFS is work I g in fraud cases first before getting to the backpay people. Follow those instructions on the ask edd page. My claim states 0 unresolved issues. Now you have to manually log into the Relia system, and transfer your money from the stupid Debit Card, to your bank account, EVERY week. Now, it appears you have to back date your claim manually, by contacting totally overwhelmed state employees, who NEVER answer their phone, nor chat, nor emails. It still has nothing to do with any federally provided pandemic relief. Do you have a link to the specific page you were reading. For the sake of others, I was trying to add on to your above post, to clarify it with details for the state of PA = Pennsylvania. States have tried clawing back unemployment benefits from thousands of people during the Covid pandemic. Called a state representative. Only set up a call back for 2 weeks to months in the future. Usually in January . I have 1 claim ending July 25. Then, this week I was told to go ahead and do my separation, meaning on the employer end. Every week I have to call them to have my benefits released and every week I’m it’s fixed and i will not need to call in again for that… last week I called on a Wednesday and I was told they were being held for review and they released it the next day… This week I certified on Sunday and I have yet to get my benefits…. The link that I found to backdate the effective date in Florida is: https://claimdate.myflorida.com/app/1 Hopefully they can catch up by Jan 2020 from what I hear. For some residents who’ve already gone seven months without the benefits they’re entitled to, a January 2021 goal date won’t help them pay their bills now. Underfunding in state unemployment programs in general disproportionately impacts some of the most vulnerable workers. So I would say that this is a step in the right direction for you – to BEGIN to certify for your backpay. I have read that they will back date to the day you last worked. Since then I’ve only recieved my regular UI. On 8/27 Thursday: “Nearly three weeks after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to boost unemployment aid, states are moving slowly to implement the $300 federal supplement to unemployment benefits. This is after I received my letter confirming that I was eligible. I realize that now that the State has nothing to do with the Federal 600 dollars. It seems like everyone is having issues with the backpay. I filed in July was fired in May, I have no idea what to file so I filed for everything. . Back pay is especially relevant if you receive Pandemic Unemployment Assistance. In addition, the unemployment window has been increased in each state by 13 weeks. Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) provides unemployment benefits to workers who were not traditionally eligible for benefits, including self-employed people. IM IN THE SAME BOAT AS YOU MY FRIEND. I havent recieved any amount of anything yet and I got approved for the PUA on 7/31/2020. No, not until you have the claim backdated. PUA states clearly it’s for 39wks regardless to when you file and we should get the backpay. Nothing. I know it has to be really scary as a single parent so they come thru soon!!! I’m pretty sure I might have the answer to a lot of people questions I just reviewed a document that showed the process of signing up and when you do your weekly claim at the end of it asks if you want to do any other claims or do you just want to end right now if you clicked in right now you can’t do all the backdated weeks but if you click do another claim that’s when you can start filling out all of your backdated weeks that are prior to the effective date at least that’s what I read I have to wait until Sunday to look at it for myself but I definitely saw it when I have reviewed that a little bit closer hope this helps. The amount of this sum is often referred to as "back pay." So i took the first fews hours of one of my days to call the number back to back starting at 8am until I got a ring. It’s a federally funded program run by state unemployment agencies. How infuriating is the contact number? Am I being unreasonable with this logic, or am ignorant to something about the system and simply unaware of a certain protocol. It was submitted how do I know they received it. I live in New Mexico btw. If you have any other questions please feel free to ask and I’ll try to help where I can. And now today which is Wednesday I just received on my app two also filled out my p.e.u.c The lowest average state payment is $181 in Louisiana; the highest is $449 in Maryland. I called MO unemployment in KCMO. My question is will I get the $600 plus regular amount back dated? Which is from September until end date in Dec. Does anyone know. The U.S. Secret Service has launched over 500 investigations in 40 states as part of a multiagency effort to protect taxpayer dollars. So unless you file an appeal, looks like you missed the boat – sorry ;~(. Around 11,000 Pennsylvanians will have to pay the state back for their unemployment benefits because they did not qualify. But legally they have to pay you your retroactive pay so will come to you if your certifications all cleared. Yes finally thank you I know it sucks butt glad someone else is in the same boat so ok speak. Jade Boudreaux, a laid-off waitress in Lake Charles, said the Workforce Commission accepted her claim on March 24 but has yet to pay her any … And when ive tried to call i get only automated cant get real person at all. Jaime is my name and like about a week ago on my Gov2go app I received from the What number were you able to reach them on to certify for back payments? The $600 FPUC, originally funded under the CARES act, was available from Mid-March 2020 to the end of July 2020. PA is the worst. So i give her my number and then shes like, “okay you should get a call back within 20 days. "We are still going through recent [U.S. Labor Department] guidance and hope to have a decision soon.". The help lines were useless until I finally got a hold of a human in mid July ( I was laid off in late April!) The $900 billion federal relief package passed last month gives states the power to waive these overpayments, made through the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program, in certain cases. This now means that the PUA program would provide a base total of 50 weeks of coverage. Among other Department of Labor programs, back wages may be ordered in cases under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) on the various federal contract labor statutes. Visitors should not act upon the content or information without first seeking appropriate professional advice or the official source of information. A man wearing a face mask as a preventive measure walks past the New York State Department of Labor in Flushing, Borough of Queens, New York. : /. They back dated my claim to February 9th and it was approved. I’ve only been receiving $71 we lost him when he was from my Pua unemployment here in Virginia since the beginning of May of 2020 Trailer was towed from Louisiana to California, and is road worthy with all of the appliances and mechanicals in working order. Well, when I applied, I stated I lost my job March 19th. I submitted my PUA app on last Thursday and on Friday claims had populated on my timeline dating back to 4/18. (Became unemployed in March) I need advice on how to move forward from here. I didnt know i could file for pua till october as im self employed in ohio the next day i sent in my backpay request which i have sent numerous times with no response. I’ve been out of work since April 15, and after 4 months, I was relying on the back pay lump sum to get caught up and get the entities I owe money to off my back. I sure could use that money, What is the Button on the PUA site that says Request payment mean I did it and it went back to January 7 2001 ? unaware that i could get unemployment for being self employed i just started my claims 7/19/2020 my letter for PUA says at the bottom that i may receive up to 39 weeks of pua beginning with week 04/04/2020 to 07/25/2020 im in va does anyone know if that means ill get back pay to that date?? But it didn’t exactly make them a priority, either. Millions of laid-off workers are having to wait weeks or even months to receive their unemployment benefits, with some even at risk of losing their home due to the delay.”. I waited until UC denied me. I filed it thinking it was for back payments. They need you to certify that you had absolutely no other income in the week that you’re asking backpay for. I’m in Idaho and I also applied Mid July. I NEED HELP CAN YOU HELP¿. Are you an "at will" employee? I applied for everything in the beginning of July, and have uploaded every single document that they have asked me for. Behind months in rent and other Bill’s phone is off I need help. I’m going through this now. I’m no snitch, and even if you wanted to report it, 1) the phones don’t work and 2) you’re too busy with your own claim to worry about it . Any suggestions or similar situations I’d appreciate! 9/5 – I just got several pages of paperwork in the regular mail, from PA Unemployment, confirming my PUA benefits. They are still having me claim my weekly voucher eventhough I haven’t receive any pay. How did you get them to backdate you. So, if anyone received their backdated payments, could you please tell me, in regards to PUA and EPUA, did you have any delay between those deposits. Pua 8/23/20 but on my application I submitted I stopped working 3/14/20. Most importantly, you must be unable to work because of COVID-19 . Click on the site that says “Free Legal Help-American Bar Association”. The PUA Application goes live on April 28, 2020 on your local state unemployment website. I need the answer to that same question I have to file a appeal for my back pay because i filed after July 25 in Virginia smh they said I won’t get it because i filed late. She told me they were already working on it and started as soon as they realized it was an issue. After receiving guidance from the DOL, most states required PUA … s assistance…. Thanks. I only got the email confirmation, and that was three weeks ago. First, I had active issue for using same phone to file mine and my son’s weekly claims. My so's benefits exhausted 2 weeks ago and I don't know what to do. I remember adding that April date to the application. Thank you, Did it show you owed overpayment when they did this ? So when I got on 3rd shift it still was hard because I didn’t have anyone to care for my 2yr but leave her with my 13 yr old daughter. In Pennsylvania, the minimum PUA payment is $195. This program is extended through March 14, 2021 and allows individuals receiving benefits as of March 14, 2021 to continue collecting through April 5, 2021, as long as the individual has not reached the maximum number of … Can someone please help me? I never read that you had to file on PA regular Unemployment site first, to be denied, then PUA. I’m from Brownsville TX, my question is does DUA issue backdated payments? As of 8/26, see my prior replies above – that ONLY PERTAIN to PENNSYLVANIA. Mine says I have $7600 credit what dose this mean, is that what they are sending me. In PA, they built (by outside software contractors) a whole separate computer system just for PUA, which went live in May. See NY UI updates here – https://www.savingtoinvest.com/new-york-dept-of-labor-unemployment-insurance-compensation-600-fpuc-and-pua/. if your past your 30 day mark you can’t file an appeal at all. The fraudsters are the hold up in our getting our unemployment backpay. thank you so much for the information because I’m still waiting for my back pay and last week on Wednesday my You should as well receive the additional 600 for the weeks ending 4/4/20 thru 7/25/20. You can request to backdate your claim date to the week you became unemployed due to COVID-19. does this mean I will get $6,000 + 10 weeks of my regular ui benefits as back pay? Back pay or retroactive is different from state to state so the best bet for what you need to do is call to the unemployment office where you live and they will give you the instruction exactly what you need to do, Does anyone know what day(s) the NY DOL releases benefits? Hello Im in Missouri. Unlike SNTs, ABLE accounts can be used to pay housing expenses without affecting SSI benefi ts. I was also told that right now they are handling fraud cases first. Required fields are marked *. He’s owed a hell of a lot of money and desperately needs it. I’m also in Nys. States may reduce current jobless benefits, garnish tax refunds, intercept lottery winnings and sue individuals to recoup funds. … So hopefully i appeased them and i hear something back soon about my backpay. does pa pua effect non service connected money, I only recieved my uui benefit of 120 last week no pua payment and backweeks say rejected why, I received my first pua benefit but I didn’t get back pay whyTr, Your answer is in your paper work. and SSN. Just be sure that once you follow the steps it tells you that you don’t do it more than once or it will affect the timing of the response. My effective date is listed as one week prior to when I filed. That was over two months ago, and it remains unanswered, although my email is marked as “received” on my PUA email’s dashboard. I must also mention that I have claimed benefits every Sunday since filing (9/20 being the 3rd), and was told everything would be released in multiple deposits all in the same day. That’s a true story and I know 4 people who haven’t worked at all, or since the 90s, who did that. The program provides $250 billion for an extended unemployment insurance program and expands eligibility and offers workers an additional $600 per week for four months, on top of what stat… Today, I spoke with a claims specialist that assured me both my weekly back pay as well as the $600 additional payments, would be deposited into my account this week.