u/No-Stomach2728

[Ohio] Worried about getting paid for 15 minutes of 'work' last week, and marking that I did not work when I filed then, when it was not disclosed to me that I would even be getting paid.

At the end of May this year, the hourly employees were told there wouldn't be any opportunities for work until mid-September (this was my first year working there, but is routinely how it goes).

They reached out and had everybody who wanted to work again this year come in to fill out paperwork, this didn't take more than 15 minutes (and the amount of the deposit hitting my reflects 15 minutes of 'work'). This was the week of August 2nd - August 8th.

I filed my unemployment last week on Sunday, 2 job applications, answering no no no no etc. just like a normal week.

Now I'm out of my mind with worry that I'll be getting treated as somebody committing unemployment fraud and owing the state a few thousand dollars (that I in no way shape or form can REMOTELY easily come up with), because the HR manager who called everybody in did NOT disclose that we would be considered as 'clocking in' for 15 minutes. It was 100% unclear that this was the case. But I marked 'no' for working when I filed for Aug 2nd-8th.

Please somebody tell me how I need to proceed. When I file this week (Aug 9th-15th), I have to report this income, but I need PRECISE instructions on how to do so, as making one insignificant misstep in this process can result in getting absolutely and completely reamed. And I have no way to go back and amend last week's filing.

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u/No-Stomach2728 — 7 days ago