[sandy9982]

I live in Pa and worked in NJ. I am now laid off - can I apply for unemployment online?

[ScottGem]

Most states have an online application. You should be filing in PA. Check your state's Dept of Labor site.

[CSlager]

Unfortunately Scottgem may be incorrect. Most states want you to file in the state where you worked for the longest during the year. In your case, you file NJ first then you file Pennsylvania. The Official Web Site for The State of New Jersey is the site for New Jersey.

Here are your steps that you will need.
1. You need your last paycheck.
2. You need to identify your last date of work based upon pay and vacation pay given to you at the end of employment. Usually this is about two weeks after your final day of actual work.
3. File immediately the day after your last full day of work. Even if you can't receive it immediately, you can still accrue for a limited time, and that prevents them from giving you an extra week of no pay. Be very honest about everything
4. Search for work and start identifying the places you searched. Submit resumes etc. Don't scrimp, everyday you search keep records.
5. Fill out the claimant forms to show that you searched and were available for work

6. Rule six is my rule of unemployment. Chances are it will be at least a month before you can find a new job, if your old job was one based in a certain non-educated field, such as labor, consider this time to get some technical skills, or to learn a new trade. You can return to school within limits of your state to retrain or to start your path towards a new career

[CSlager]

Sorry Scottgem that should have been an agrees

[ScottGem]

Sorry Scottgem that should have been an agrees

Not a problem, If I was incorrect I deserved it. But do you have a cite that states you should file where you worked? I'm actually on UI now and while I physically worked in NJ, I filed in NY and NY has been paying me.

Never mind, I just checked NYS' site and it says if you haven't worked in your state of residence in the last 18 months, then you need to file in the sate where you worked. In my case, my company HQ is in NY and I did spend some time at my Co HQ, so it was appropriate for me to file in NY.

[twinkiedooter]

3. File immediately the day after your last full day of work. Even if you can't receive it immediately, you can still accrue for a limited time, and that prevents them from giving you an extra week of no pay. Be very honest about everything

If you were laid off say on a Thursday, and called on Friday to file for unemployment, they won't let you claim the week that you were laid off as a waiting week. You would have to call back on Monday of the following week regardless of what day you were laid off as the Unemployment week starts on Sunday.

[CSlager]

If you were laid off say on a Thursday, and called on Friday to file for unemployment, they won't let you claim the week that you were laid off as a waiting week. You would have to call back on Monday of the following week regardless of what day you were laid off as the Unemployment week starts on Sunday.

Partially correct some states allow even partial weeks to be included, the federal laws do not stipulate the exact measures of how time is accrued, only the states provide that definition.

Moreover, something like 80% of employees laid off or fired from their job report that it was done on the last day of the work week. That is also the traditionally accepted time to let employees go. However I am betting that New Jersey is currently running their program similar to most eastern states which is that the " first full week after your final day" is the first week, or the no money week. There is also something else to note, some states like Indiana consider the week during which you file to be a work week because you filed during that week, so your "first week" may not begin until the following week. If that's the case then you should file immediately the day you get laid off. "First week" being the week most states do not pay UI.

In this case it is important to note that you should claim immediately fill out the proper paperwork and the UI office will make the determination of when your first full week is. That generally does not require you to call them back after the initial filing. If anything due to many states having an archaic system for the UI, the count on when you file may change based upon when you call. That was the case in Indiana for a friend, when he went to the office and the date reset based upon his office visit.

[Fr_Chuck]

You should be able to file where you live if your employment was in another state they can do the interstate claim for you.

While you may in most states do your weekly reporting most states still require you to file your first claim in person.