Welcome to UI Online – your fast, convenient, and secure way to certify for continuing unemployment
benefits and manage your claim. In this demonstration, we will show you how to answer Question #6
when certifying for benefits in order to properly report that you are receiving an "other type
of income" from a past employer. Some examples are: Severance, Vacation, Jury Duty, Holiday
Pay, Wage Continuation Pay, WARN Pay, In Lieu Of Notice Pay.
In addition, if you work for the film industry or are self employed, you will want to look
for our instructional videos specific to these situations. In order to certify for benefits
using UI Online, you first need to register in Benefit Programs Online and create a UI
Online account. If you haven't created an account yet, or
you need information on how to certify, please view our other instructional videos with help
with these topics. Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits are designed
to provide partial wage replacement to unemployed workers.
Even if you have received additional money from a past employer, you may still be eligible
for reduced UI benefits. It’s important to properly report to the
EDD all other types of income to ensure that you receive the benefit payment that you’re
entitled to. Now, we will show you how your benefit payment is calculated? The EDD uses
the information that you provide during the certification process to determine the amount
and type of income that is deductible from your Weekly Benefit Amount. When you report
earnings, the EDD will use the criteria shown on this chart to calculate your payment. Most
customers certify for continuing benefits two weeks at a time. If you have multiple
weeks that need to be certified, you will start with the oldest week first. You must
report your earnings on your certification for the weeks in which the work was performed,
regardless of when you actually get paid. But when you receive an other type of income
from a past employer during your claim, such as a bonus or a pension, it is sometimes confusing
how to report this information. The best rule is, if you know the amount in
advance, report it for the time period it covers. If you do not know the amount until
you receive it, report it when received. Our benefit weeks are usually Sunday through Saturday,
so you must report the earnings during that week only. So for example, you know that you
are going to receive a pension payment in the amount of $300 for the dates August 1
through August 15th. Even though you did not receive the pension until August 21st, you
must report the pension on the claim certification for the period it covers. For a bonus, even
though you know that you may receive it, you do not know the amount or when it will be
received until it is paid. For example, you know that you may receive a safety bonus for
the 2nd quarter which is April through June, but you do not know the amount or when it
will be paid. On August 14, you receive the 2nd quarter safety bonus in the amount of
$300. In this example, even though the bonus is for April through June, you would report
the bonus when you received it on August 14th. Now that you understand how other types of
income can affect a UI claim, let's focus on how you will report it using UI Online.
This video focuses specifically on how to answer Question #6 on UI Online to correctly
report other types of income during your UI claim. Question #6 asks, "Did you work or
earn any money, whether you were paid or not?" If you did not work or earn any of these types
of income associated with work, answer "No" to Question #6. In this example, since you
answered "No" to Question #6, you will be asked one follow-up question on the next screen.
This follow-up question will appear for you to confirm receipt of other income types,
such as a pension, bonus or back pay award. In this demonstration, we will show how to
report receipt of a bonus. Now you'll enter the information you received regarding your
bonus pay. Begin by selecting "Bonus" from the drop-down menu. For this example, we are
doing a bonus, if your pay is not listed, then you would choose "Not Listed" and provide
further details about the money. Next, enter the amount of the bonus pay. In this example,
the bonus was for $300.00. Enter the date the bonus pay was received which is 08/14/2015.
Enter the name of the employer providing this pay. For this example, the bonus was received
from ABC Company. In the "Other Income Details" field, enter a description or any other helpful
details about the pay you received. In order to process a bonus more quickly, it helps
to know what time period the bonus covers and if you happen to know how many people
may have received it. For example, "2nd Quarter Quality bonus, more than 10 people received."
Answer the question, "Do you have any additional other types of income to report for this week?"
In some cases, you may receive multiple types of income from your employer such as bonus
and pension. When this happens, be sure to select "Yes" for this question. In this example,
we will select "No." After completing this screen, select "Next" to continue. You're
almost done. Once you have answered all of the certification questions, it's time to
review your answers for accuracy. Please read the Acknowledgement section below. If everything
is correct, select the Acknowledgement check box, at the bottom of the page, and enter
your ZIP code. Checking the box and entering your ZIP code also serves as your electronic
signature indicating you have read and understood the Acknowledgement statement. Customers who
make false statements or withhold information are punishable by law and could be subject
to penalties, including being denied UI benefits, in addition to having to pay back any amount
that you were not entitled to receive with a 30% monetary penalty. If you need to make
changes to any of the answers, simply select the “Previous” button to go back to any
of the previous screens. When you’re ready, select “Submit." Selecting “Submit”
finalizes and completes the certification process for those weeks. You are done! You
have successfully submitted your certification to the EDD when you see this screen with your
confirmation number. You should save this number for your reference
or select the “Confirmation” link to print a copy for your records.
If you have additional weeks that are available to be certified, click the “Return to Certify
for Benefits” button to repeat the process. If you feel that you have reported incorrect
information on the claim certification, just send a message to the EDD through your UI
Online account by selecting the “Contact Us” link at the top of the screen.
Be sure to specify the week, amount reported, and correct amount. We hope you have found
this video helpful on how to properly report your other type of income in a fast, convenient
and secure way online. Additional information about this topic is available on our EDD website.
We also invite you to view other instructional videos available to learn more about the many
different benefits and conveniences of using UI Online.