P.u.a unemployment [illinois] i have applied its been nearly 30 days and still no check, im in serious trouble

[teenamarie]

I applied for unemployment, was told I needed to be turned down to try for p.u.a I filed for that, and this has been going on nearly 2 months I have 2 pending matters in adjudication p.u.a and identity verification. I have not heard anything, im certifying but not getting a check, unemployment told me I should get one within 30 days or to call back its Wednesday checks drop this Friday but I doubt I will get one....I am out of money, low on food and I dont know whats going on

 

[jimmccallister]

@teenamarie Did you upload your identity docs directly to the issue? https://www2.illinois.gov/ides/IDES Forms and Publications/PUA-Claimant-Document-Upload.pdf

Why was UI denied?

 

[teenamarie]

@jimmccallister Yeah I uploaded everything, and my unemployment was denied. I was told during my interview for unemployment that I would have to apply for the covid unemployment. I spoke with unemployment today they said they have everything they need the lady just said I need to give them more time, buy another person told me 2 weeks ago that once it got towards 30 days start calling.

 

[jimmccallister]

@teenamarie But why was UI denied?

 

[teenamarie]

@jimmccallister I was denied because I had quit, my job had poorly handled a mass of covid outbreaks, and had concealed some positive employees and allowed exposed coworkers to quarantine at work by having them just sit in an office by themselves. My final day at work i was ordered to assist a company salesman who was clearly infected and could barely move. I refused and I quit...

 

[dmaxie61]

@teenamarie have you been approved for sure.

This whole situation you describe is a pretty gray area on getting benefits especially if you can't document some talks you had with management in order to improve safety at work.

Without those docs, I don't see a happy ending.

 

[jimmccallister]

@teenamarie You'll have to wait for the identity issue to clear and see if any other issues pop up. You can try calling and continuing to ask reps to look at the identity documents, sometimes they help and sometimes they don't but as long as you have pending issues, you won't be paid.

 

[jamesholland]

@teenamarie Wow. I’m sorry this is happening to you. Your situation is almost identical to mine (except I’ve been denied at every level). I’ve been certifying since January and I’ve just hired an attorney.

IDES offices are still closed which is unbelievable. It’s been over 430 days since they were open and a backlog of more than 27k calls.

Perhaps you can reach out to local churches for help with utilities? A resource for finding pantries, banks, and kitchens is foodpantries.org