pre-recorded message from the UE office this afternoon.. States to call 1-866-962-4064 to re-start your claim.........

319pm, At 603pm (2 hrs, 44 minutes) A rep picked up!!!1 YEAH :) All claims have to be restarted via a phone call, at this time the system is not catching them all. She had to enter all past weeks (6-26, 7-03, 7/10, 7/17) by hand on her ...end. Hopefully the week we are in will show up on my UE site when I login on Sunday to file this weeks claim.

If you are planning on calling, Make sure you have ALL of the addresses for the 2 employers for each week of the past weeks that need to be filed. Must have the complete address (Street, City, Zip)
A lot of the online apps I have seen and done only show the City, State and Zip. You will need to make sure you find via phonebook or internet the complete full address. The phone are open till 7pm om Monday thru Friday and they AUTOMATICALLY shut off at 7pm... regardless if you are done with you call!!

Total call time once a rep picked up??? 31 minutes on the phone call

Friday, July 23, 2010 - OH/ UE Webiste posting!

https://unemployment.ohio.gov/


Friday, July 23, 2010

On July 22, 2010, President Obama signed legislation that extends the deadlines for the federally funded Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program and federal funding for State Extended Benefits. As a result, claimants who recently exhausted their benefits may be able to restart their claims.

Claimants should continue to file for benefits, which will be retroactive to the former program deadlines of May/June, 2010 by calling 1-866-962-4064 toll-free between 7:00 AM. and 7:00 PM, Monday through Friday, and between 9:00 AM and 3:00 PM on Saturday. Because of the late passage of this extension, claimants may notice a delay in the posting of funds to their accounts.

The new legislation extends the deadlines as follows:
EUC, or federal extended benefits. The legislation extends deadlines for this program from May 29, 2010 to November 27, 2010. Eligible individuals may continue to collect benefits until April 30, 2011. This program continues to offer a maximum of 53 weeks of extended unemployment benefits. The new legislation did not add any more weeks of benefits.

For further information, please see UC Federal Extended Benefits FAQs.


The 100 percent federal funding for State Extended Benefits. The legislation extends deadlines for federal funding of State Extended Benefits – known as “Ohio EB” or “Ohio Extended Benefits” – from June 5, 2010 to December 4, 2010. This program continues to offer a maximum of 20 weeks of extended unemployment benefits. The new legislation did not add any more weeks of benefits.

For further information, please see UC State Extended Benefits FAQs.

NOTE: The new legislation did not extend the deadline for the Federal Additional Compensation (FAC) program. The FAC program allows states to pay an additional $25 for each week that an individual receives unemployment benefits. Only individuals who established regular unemployment claims prior to May 29, 2010, may receive the additional $25 payment through the week ending December 4, 2010. For further information, please see UC Changes Due to Stimulus Package.

Updated PDF Files (7-23-10) from the State of Ohio UE Website

I received the pre-recorded message from the UE office this afternoon... States to call 1-866-962-4064 to re-start your claim.... I called at 319pm, it's now 430pm and still on hold waiting for a rep to pick up... They are going to be VERY busy over the next week! Be patient and NICE when you get to a Rep!! It is not an easy job on their end either :_)

{This is the ## for the State of Ohio UE}

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Federal UE ext. info

http://jfs.ohio.gov/ocomm_root/Ext-Benefits-FAQ-2008REV.pdf

26 weeks of original UE and addt 53 weeks of Federal ext = 79 weeks, then 20 weeks of Ohio ext = 99 weeks total. Only those states with high UE rate were given the addt 20 weeks by state which will bring one to 99 total weeks of UE pymts. Hope this helps :)

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State of Ohio ext. Info

http://jfs.ohio.gov/ocomm_root/StateEB_FAQ_Final.pdf

20 weeks of Ohio ext benefits - after one is done will all 4 federal tiers

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UE -FAC Addt. $25 / week info

http://jfs.ohio.gov/ocomm_root/ChangestoUCFAQs.pdf

Addt $25 / week on top of the regular Federal or State UE pymts is continuing too.

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Thanks, Cathy

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