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unemployment claim
I now have an active claim for unemployment benefits. As ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
adrian_turtle suggested, the human being I got via the phone system, after a bunch of automated stuff, had no trouble at all understanding "I do a little bit of freelance stuff, but I'm not incorporated, the income goes on Form 1099." It turned out that they wanted to know the last day I was physically at work, not my last day on the payroll. Also, the woman asked whether Box such-and-such, Littleton, MA, was the company's mailing address, and all I could tell her was that it seemed plausible: I know the physical and mailing address here in New York, but there is a Littleton office.
I need to call back tomorrow to set the claim up for direct deposit rather than a debit card. Also, I lost nothing by not calling earlier in the week. Not only are claims made anytime during the week counted as being for that week, the earliest I could have called in was yesterday. New claims are handled in alphabetical groups Monday through Wednesday, and I'm in the last third of the alphabet, but anyone can call Thursday or Friday. (This was a recorded message, so I don't know how Monday holidays affect it.)
(The tattoo was quite tender last night, to the point that I woke up when I started to roll onto that side, but is feeling fine now.)
adrian_turtle suggested, the human being I got via the phone system, after a bunch of automated stuff, had no trouble at all understanding "I do a little bit of freelance stuff, but I'm not incorporated, the income goes on Form 1099." It turned out that they wanted to know the last day I was physically at work, not my last day on the payroll. Also, the woman asked whether Box such-and-such, Littleton, MA, was the company's mailing address, and all I could tell her was that it seemed plausible: I know the physical and mailing address here in New York, but there is a Littleton office. I need to call back tomorrow to set the claim up for direct deposit rather than a debit card. Also, I lost nothing by not calling earlier in the week. Not only are claims made anytime during the week counted as being for that week, the earliest I could have called in was yesterday. New claims are handled in alphabetical groups Monday through Wednesday, and I'm in the last third of the alphabet, but anyone can call Thursday or Friday. (This was a recorded message, so I don't know how Monday holidays affect it.)
(The tattoo was quite tender last night, to the point that I woke up when I started to roll onto that side, but is feeling fine now.)