@eversonpoe , in the future, if you’re worried about the virus on mail, spray it with a fine spritz of rubbing alcohol or just give it a quick wipe with rubbing alcohol.
Bi-weekly certification just means that you certify every other week that you are still unemployed. You have to do this every two weeks for the duration of your receipt of unemployment benefits in order to continue to get your money. Considering how fucked-up IDES is right now, I’m pleasantly surprised you got that far.
The Federal $600 will stop for everyone on July 25th.
See the instructions below re if you missed your certification date. The instructions online say that your certification requires that you are seeking work:
https://www2.illinois.gov/ides/Pages...9.aspx#certify
See below. Technically, unemployment is socialism, this is a pandemic that is unprecedented and a system that just can’t handle any of it, the system is totally FUBAR.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/colum...zte-story.html
https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-investiga...is-unemployed/
https://abc7chicago.com/unemployment...-ides/6161254/
There are literally millions of people across the country who applied for unemployment four months ago and still have not received any money (unemployment is from the state, the extra $600 is Federal) because the systems are inundated, or totally broke, or both, and also hit by MASSIVE fraud rings (many out of Nigeria) that robbed the systems of money they’ll never get back, plus the idiotic employment systems have also made huge stupid errors.
I hope 2020 can bring enough positive changes, like emergency relief that is just not up to task (especially the infrastructure and InfoSec that is behind that relief).
Edit:
Note this on the (above) IDES site:
How long will Pandemic Unemployment Assistance last? Will my PUA claim be backdated?
PUA payments are available for claimants who were unemployed due to COVID-19 related reasons beginning the week of February 2, 2020. PUA payments end on December 26, 2020. IDES will backdate claims to the first week of unemployment due to COVID-19 related reasons.
Will my benefits be affected if I cannot file immediately?
No. The day or time a claim is filed will not impact whether you receive benefits or your benefit amount. If you were unable to file your claim because of capacity or system limitations, you will have an opportunity to discuss backdating your claim with a representative by calling 800-244-5631.
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