Hey, guys, it's Ginny Silver.
I have really big good news for those of you with pending
certifications Pending payments with your California Edd
Unemployment Claims Today's news release On July 22 nd,
the Edd announced that they will begin paying unemployment
insurance claimants who certified for benefits and already
received at least one week of benefits in the past, but whose
payments have now been pending for at least two weeks.
The Edd States that if you have a claim and have had at least
one payment, but then you went into a pending status for
more than two weeks, that they are going to begin to pay
you out automatically, according to new guidance from the
Department of Labor.
So for those of you that have received successful payments
in the past but are currently stuck in pending for over two
weeks, they state here that they will begin sending notices
out this week to claimants who will benefit from this new
policy. Payments will begin reaching claimant accounts starting
July 23rd 2021 and over the next following weeks.
Now this doesn't mean that your eligibility interview is
waived. The Edd is going to continue to conduct their eligibility
phone interviews if you are required to do so.
They stay here while the Department determines eligibility.
Claimants should continue to certify for benefits if they
remain unemployed or working reduced hours.
So if you are paid for your pending payments and you have
a phone interview scheduled or you're waiting a phone interview,
make sure that you still take that call.
Do not miss your phone interview.
You still must undergo your phone interview if you're required
to do so, even if they pay you.
The Edd States that any benefit paid during EDD's eligibility
review will be an overpayment.
If the Department later determines the person did not meet
eligibility requirements, though you must still have your
phone interview, you must still be eligible to collect unemployment
benefits. Now, they do go on to state here that an overpayment
can be waived if the claimant demonstrates a financial hardship
and the overpayment was not the claimants fault or due to
fraud, but they still haven't released information on this
overpayment waiver.
They state that there is no ability to opt out of the conditional
payment program, according to federal guidance, but claimants
can stop certifying for benefits if they no longer want to
receive the benefits.
Now the Edd has created a new page on their website regarding
pending payments and these new conditional payments.
They state here that beginning July 23 rd 2021, if you have
received at least one payment on your claim and have a pending
stack us on your certifications for more than two weeks,
we will process conditional payments while we determine eligibility.
They then go on to outline the process of determining your
eligibility. Now this web page outline several who are not
eligible to receive payments.
You may not be eligible to receive payment if you are fully
employed or reported excessive earnings are serving a prior
false statement penalty, have an existing disqualification
had a prior overpayment, and your benefits were applied to
the overpayment.
Okay, guys, so I am so happy to see this finally shared from
the Edd sharing this and actually processing those payments
or two different things.
So I truly hope that you guys start to see your pending payments
move Paid as promised here starting July 23rd, the Edd will
begin issuing those notices, and then many of you should
begin to see those payments go to Paid as long as you received
at least one payment previously successfully and have been
pending over two weeks.
So let me know down in the comments.
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