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Remember that even if your severance affects your first few weeks of benefits, you can still file your weekly claims. This keeps your claim active and ensures you don't have gaps in coverage once the severance period ends.
So I should keep filing weekly claims even if I'm not receiving benefit payments during the severance period?
Exactly! This maintains your claim status and ensures continuous coverage. Just report your severance income accurately on each weekly claim.
Final thought for the OP - don't let your former employer's HR department discourage you from filing. They may not understand Washington ESD rules fully. You have the right to file for unemployment benefits, and Washington ESD will make the determination based on their guidelines, not your employer's interpretation.
Thank you so much everyone! This thread has been incredibly helpful. I feel much more confident about filing my claim now.
Good luck with your claim! Don't hesitate to ask if you run into any other questions during the process.
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For anyone still reading this thread, remember that your job search requirements don't change just because you're working part-time. You still need to be actively looking for full-time work and logging those activities in WorkSourceWA.
This is so important! I know people who got disqualified because they stopped doing job searches once they got part-time work.
Exactly. Washington ESD's goal is to get you back to full-time employment, not to support long-term partial benefits.
Has anyone had success using Claimyr to get specific answers about working while on unemployment? I'm still confused about some of the calculation details and might need to actually talk to someone at Washington ESD.
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Perfect, I'll definitely check out that demo video then. Thanks for the recommendation!
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welcome to the unemployment club nobody wants to join! but seriously the washington system is pretty user friendly once you get started. you got this
Haha thanks! Hopefully I won't be in this club for too long but good to know the system works.
Last piece of advice - once you start getting benefits, keep detailed records of everything. Your job search activities, any work you do, any contact with Washington ESD. It makes life easier if any issues come up later.
Great advice! I'll start a folder to keep track of everything unemployment related.
Smart approach. Good record keeping can save you a lot of headaches down the road.
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One last thing - if you find part-time work while on unemployment, you can still collect partial benefits as long as you report the earnings. Don't assume you have to be completely unemployed.
That's actually really good to know! I was thinking I'd have to choose between a part-time job and unemployment benefits.
Right, Washington has partial benefit calculations for people who work reduced hours or find part-time work while collecting unemployment.
Elijah O'Reilly
The unemployment data is interesting from a policy perspective too. When rates are that low, it creates upward pressure on wages as employers compete for workers.
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Amara Torres
•True, I remember getting multiple job offers and counteroffers in 2019. Employers were really competing.
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Olivia Van-Cleve
•Now it's completely flipped. Employers have all the leverage again.
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Mason Kaczka
Washington ESD probably wishes they could go back to 2019 staffing levels when they only had to process routine claims instead of dealing with all these complex adjudication cases.
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Sophia Russo
•Yeah their call volume must be insane compared to back then. No wonder it's impossible to get through.
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Evelyn Xu
•Which is exactly why services like Claimyr exist now. When the official system can't handle the volume, people find workarounds.
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