fafaparola
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Yesterday in my email I received a 90-Day Proof of Employment Notice (informing me that I have 90 days to provide proof of employment for the time before I applied for unemployment benefits). It says failure to provide proof of employment for this time period may result in the money I had received being considered an overpayment.
I wasn't employed at all for the year in question (right before COVID), but I was definitely up front about this when I applied for benefits when COVID hit. I received unemployment for awhile and then later was told it was all an overpayment: they wanted me to pay back 100% of it. I appealed it and my reasoning was basically "Hey I was honest when I signed up, I didn't claim to have been working the previous year. I just heard everyone unemployed during COVID could get help so I decided to sign up and see if I could get some help."
This reasoning was good enough for me to win my appeals and all my overpayments (it was split into several of them, totaling like $5,000-6,000 IIRC) to be changed to $0 overpaid. But now I receive this email saying if I don't send proof of employment it'll be overpayment all over again.
Will I be okay though, since I've already gone through the appeal process? It's definitely a form letter type thing I received, so I'm hoping this just wasn't supposed to be sent to those who have already won appeals but I'm still very nervous as this would wreck me financially.
I emailed them asking pretty much this same question but idk how long it will take to hear back (their contact page says 2-3 days but I also know UE offices are often backed up).
I wasn't employed at all for the year in question (right before COVID), but I was definitely up front about this when I applied for benefits when COVID hit. I received unemployment for awhile and then later was told it was all an overpayment: they wanted me to pay back 100% of it. I appealed it and my reasoning was basically "Hey I was honest when I signed up, I didn't claim to have been working the previous year. I just heard everyone unemployed during COVID could get help so I decided to sign up and see if I could get some help."
This reasoning was good enough for me to win my appeals and all my overpayments (it was split into several of them, totaling like $5,000-6,000 IIRC) to be changed to $0 overpaid. But now I receive this email saying if I don't send proof of employment it'll be overpayment all over again.
Will I be okay though, since I've already gone through the appeal process? It's definitely a form letter type thing I received, so I'm hoping this just wasn't supposed to be sent to those who have already won appeals but I'm still very nervous as this would wreck me financially.
I emailed them asking pretty much this same question but idk how long it will take to hear back (their contact page says 2-3 days but I also know UE offices are often backed up).