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same boat here, worked mostly part time minimum wage and my benefits are terrible. but hey at least we get something right? could be worse
Same thing happened to me except my whole department got eliminated when they moved operations to another state. Took me forever to figure out that this was considered involuntary unemployment because I thought maybe since the company was still operating somewhere else it might not count? But it totally does. The NYS Department of Labor approved my claim right away once I explained the situation.
This is all really helpful everyone! I feel much better about filing my claim now. Just to make sure I understand - involuntary unemployment basically means any job loss that wasn't my choice or fault, right? And layoffs due to company budget issues definitely fall into that category?
If you're having trouble getting through to NYS Department of Labor to clarify this or file your claim, I had success using a service called Claimyr (claimyr.com) that helped me get connected to an actual agent. They have a video demo at https://youtu.be/qyftW-mnTNI that shows how it works. Really saved me hours of trying to call and getting busy signals.
THE NYS DEPARTMENT OF LABOR SYSTEM IS SUCH GARBAGE!!! I've been dealing with random errors for months and nobody can ever give you a straight answer about what's wrong. Error codes that don't mean anything, websites that crash constantly, phone lines that hang up on you automatically.
Try logging out completely and clearing your browser cache before trying again. Sometimes the system gets confused if you've been logged in for too long or if there are old session cookies.
Declan Ramirez
The whole system is rigged to make the numbers look better than reality!! They change the formulas every few years and don't count people who want to work but gave up. My brother's been out of work for a year and he's not in their precious statistics anymore.
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A Man D Mortal
Same experience here - everyone I know is struggling to find decent work but the news keeps saying unemployment is low. Makes you wonder if they're measuring the right things.
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