Hey guys, it's Ginny Silver with the California
Edd Unemployment update on some of the major
problems that claimants are seeing over the last
week with the California Unemployment UI.
Pua claims.
Many claimants who previously received Pandemic unemployment assistance
inquiries, including UI claimants who may have received
Pua for a very brief period of time
as an extension, are required to submit documentation,
verifying their work history, whether it be self
employment, work history, a promise to start a
job which was canceled due to the pandemic,
or a variety of other reasons.
Claimants who are required to submit this
documentation will notice this link to Upload
documents on the UI Online Dashboard.
Now many claimants are receiving notices in the mail
on UI online as well as in text messages,
but some claimants are not receiving any of these
notifications and simply are seeing this link to Upload
documents in their UI Online dashboard.
Regardless of the type of claim that you
had, please make sure that you log in
to UI online and check for this notification.
Notification will apply to claim is
required to provide this documentation.
Who collected benefits 12/27/2020 and onwards.
The Edd States that in general, claims that filed
for benefits on or after January 31, 2021 will
have 21 days after the notice date.
To submit proof or request more time and claims that are
filed before January 31, 2021 will have 90 days after the
notice date to submit proof or request more time.
All the information is noted on your specific notice.
Now yesterday's press release does address several questions
that I have been asking Edd about through
their media Department for the last several weeks,
so the answers are still vague.
I had asked them previously if I had asked
them previously if an electronically submitted version of a
tax return, meaning that there is no actual signature
on it would be accepted, and here they state
electronic tax documents could also be accepted.
Next, I've been asking for them to
share specifics regarding what needs to be
included on the signed Affidavit.
They state here that signed Affidavits verifying
self employment need not be notarized and
should include the claimant's name, job start
date service that was to be performed.
Next, I asked the Edd why several Gig
workers are telling me that they have been
disqualified after they have provided their dashboard from
services such as Uber and Lyft.
The press release States that Gig
worker receipts could be acceptable proof
of selfemployment provided that they show
services performed during the appropriate timeframe.
Claimants are starting to let me know in small
numbers that they are beginning to receive approval letters,
letting them know that their documents have been accepted
and that no further action is required.
However, those who have received approval letters
are very small percentages of my viewers.
Please keep in mind that the majority of my viewers
have not yet heard back on this and there is
no time frame for when it will be completed.
If you have not yet received
approval, please continue to wait.
Additionally, some are also letting me know
that they have been disqualified based on
the documentation that they sent in.
Now, if you turned in your documentation and you
were in fact disqualified, the Edd is going to
send you a notification letting you know that you
did not qualify based on the documents you said.
Now in yesterday's press release, the Edd States
that if a claimant receives a notice indicating
that the documents submitted did not meet federal
validation requirements, the claimant will have the chance
to respond and submit any further documents they
believe verifies their work status as a part
of the normal appeal process with the Edd.
They state that Edd may also call claimants in
an effort to clarify any documentation received if necessary,
for those of you that have been disqualified.
But you know that you provided the correct documentation such
as tax returns or other documents that were listed as
qualified by the Edd, but you have been disqualified and
you believe this to be an error.
Some of my subscribers are starting to let me know
that a call placed into the Edd has remedied this.
When they called into EDD's customer service, they specifically asked
to speak to a tier two representative once they were
on the line with a tier two representative that customer
service rep was able to identify that.
Yes, it was in fact an error made by the
Edd, and they were able to fix the problem and
re qualify them for those benefits and clear that requirement
if you're having trouble calling the Edd.
Unfortunately, there is no current phone trick to get through
quickly, but there is still Claimyr, which offers a service
for a fee in order to call the Edd repeatedly
for you until they receive a hold line.
Once that hold line is received and they forward
it to you and you are able to actually
get through efficiently and talk to a representative.
If you are someone that does want to utilize
this service, then my link down below will save
you $5 off of your first call using claimer,
and it does provide you with ten additional callbacks
should your call be disconnected from the Edd.
Now, for those of you that need a free alternative
to get help, contact your assembly member, they are going
to be able to act as a liaison between you
and the Edd and help you to get things resolved.
I'm going to leave that link
in the video description as well.
If you sent in documents to the Edd
and they did in fact, disqualify you.
One way to check this before you receive.
The letter is going to be
to log into your claims history.
Now you're going to log into UI online and in the
top menu bar, you're going to click on the History tab.
From there you are going to navigate over
to the page where your payments for weeks
ending 12/27 and onwards are shown after 12/27.
That was the date that Edd is required to ensure
that you have documentation to verify your work history.
Now, if the Edd has marked you as disqualified whereas
you were previously marked paid, then it seems as if
the Edd will be soon sending you a notice that
they require either additional documentation from you or that you
have been disqualified from your benefits.
Next, for those of you that do receive an
overpayment notice, who want to file an appeal on
that overpayment notice, please note that the information in
order to file an appeal as well as request
an overpayment waiver is located on the notice itself.
This is time sensitive, so please make sure that
you keep that notice and that you follow the
directions that are provided on that notice.
Now, for those of you that were disqualified, I
want to make sure that you understand to try
to call into the Edd to fix this first.
If you file an appeal and enter into the appeals process,
that is going to be a process that takes six to
eight months in order to resolve any of my subscribers were
able to call into the Edd and actually get this problem
fixed because it was in fact an error from the Edd,
and they did so over the phone.
Now this can avoid getting you stuck in a lengthy
appeals process, which can take up to eight months.
Next.
For those of you who are still undergoing
pending certifications, California Edd is required to process
conditional payments for those who have received one
or more payments on their unemployment claim previously
and who have been stuck in pending for
a duration over two weeks.
If you are still stuck in pending and
you're awaiting a phone interview and you have
not yet received conditional payments, please contact your
assembly member and let them know that you
want help in obtaining conditional payments.
The link to contact your assembly member
is in the video description down below.
Now I know that many of you are still
quite confused about providing the work history documentation, so
if you need more explanation with regards to what
to provide what the process looks like, why you
have to provide it, I want you to click
the links in the video description down below.
Ok, you guys, I hope that was helpful.