The New “What did you do with your Z today” (with off topic replies) XXXVI

madwi · 04-23-2020, 12:15 PM

Id take voluntary, but its weeks to get unemployment started plus the extra $600 goes away in July, takes hours every week to go through to put in your claim. ugh. Maybe I should do voluntary and get used to the system before it possibly and most likely becomes mandatory layoff.

-ZS-Carpenter · 04-23-2020, 12:58 PM

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Id take voluntary, but its weeks to get unemployment started plus the extra $600 goes away in July, takes hours every week to go through to put in your claim. ugh. Maybe I should do voluntary and get used to the system before it possibly and most likely becomes mandatory layoff.

Not sure how it is in the far north but in IL UI filing takes maybe 15 min the first time you file. 5 min every time after unless you have address/ job/dependency changes to make. And bi-weekly filing is less than a min. All done online or over the phone via an automated system. A phone call to claim weeks is a little longer than online but it's no more than 5 min.

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BettyZ · 04-23-2020, 01:46 PM

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Not sure how it is in the far north but in IL UI filing takes maybe 15 min the first time you file. 5 min every time after unless you have address/ job/dependency changes to make. And bi-weekly filing is less than a min. All done online or over the phone via an automated system. A phone call to claim weeks is a little longer than online but it's no more than 5 min.

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Michigan's UI systems are so backed up they had to pull phone bank staff off the phones to work the applications. Some initial payments take 5 weeks to process.

Hotrodz · 04-23-2020, 01:52 PM

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Not sure how it is in the far north but in IL UI filing takes maybe 15 min the first time you file. 5 min every time after unless you have address/ job/dependency changes to make. And bi-weekly filing is less than a min. All done online or over the phone via an automated system. A phone call to claim weeks is a little longer than online but it's no more than 5 min.

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That is quite easy lol. Here the UI application doesn't address small business owners that have no employees. So you complete the application which is about 30 minutes. You get letters starting you don't qualify and forms to provide information that you have already provided. They tell you to complete the weekly claim anyway as they will fix things on the backside. It is just freaking circle jerk.

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-ZS-Carpenter · 04-23-2020, 02:31 PM

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That is quite easy lol. Here the UI application doesn't address small business owners that have no employees. So you complete the application which is about 30 minutes. You get letters starting you don't qualify and forms to provide information that you have already provided. They tell you to complete the weekly claim anyway as they will fix things on the backside. It is just freaking circle jerk.

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I'm not sure how overloaded it is here now but we go on UI for a week or 2 even on good years due to weather. I keep some coins stashed back and take the $450 a week UI when the temps drop to F you and the snow is blowing. It is a really simple system with quick turn around as long as your employer doesn't deny it.

It's one of the few things IL has done right

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madwi A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: West Michigan Posts: 31,410 Drives: Granma red Z Rep Power: 2684429	Id take voluntary, but its weeks to get unemployment started plus the extra $600 goes away in July, takes hours every week to go through to put in your claim. ugh. Maybe I should do voluntary and get used to the system before it possibly and most likely becomes mandatory layoff.