r/UnemploymentWA

Hi all,

I am in the start of the third week of waiting for unemployment to be approved or not and seen no progress. I have no savings left tbh and need the unemployment to come through urgently. I was fired for performance issues and they have also provided documentation that says it was involuntary termination. At this point can I just contact governors office and if so what should I say? I don’t even have enough money for rent payment at the end of this month.

I have gone five weeks without unemployment — what the hell.

Is there something wrong with this state?
Bills don’t stop, rent doesn’t stop, and life doesn’t stop.

It feels like they actually want to inflict pain on us. On top of that, because I was approved for unemployment, my food stamps were cut — even though I haven’t been paid a single dollar in five weeks. My food stamps won’t go up again until September 8th.

If unemployment is in adjudication, your food stamps should increase right away. This system makes no sense.

Laid off due to lack of funding on July 31st, applied immediately that day, found out I started reporting prematurely so nothing paid that week. Claimed the following week, stuck in adjudication because of school attendance issues for like four days, called and hung up 7 times in a row on a Monday until I was put on hold, got someone on the phone, was transferred to the adjudicator, then paid out immediately after. Call call call

If I get a job offer what steps I need to let esd know that I do not need to collect the unemployment benefits.

Thanks

Hi I almost never post but I haven't been able to find any information on this by searching regularly so bear with me. I've been working a seasonal warehouse gig since last year with no issues, I had 1 accidental no call no show but was contacted after I didn't show up and was never written up or given a warning. Fast forward to this year and had another accidental no call no show, I was never contacted and didn't even realize I'd been scheduled until a day after, again not a big deal as far as I knew but then that very same day I get an email saying I have voluntarily abandoned by position and am terminated by what seemed like an automated email.

When i responded obviously confused I got sent back a picture of my schedule saying I had also missed a shift 2 days before then but I had requested and told I was approved for that day off for a Drs appointment and again had received no call text warning or anything. About 2 hours after I get a text from my manager asking when I can work for the rest of the month so clearly he wasn't even aware I had missed either shift and had been let go.

It's incredibly normal for me to make my schedule with my manager only days in advance and i had no issue with this but it would result in him frequently forgetting to add me to the official schedule, which i didnt see a major problem with because we would always work it out. There used to be an online scheduling portal but 1. I kept getting locked out of it and was told by my manager not to bother with it 2. Like i ssid before it was mostly inaccuratr because he would forget to add me into the system. When I let him know that i was fired because of the error he made in the schedule he acknowledged it and said he would talk to HR and get back to me sunday/monday. Its thursday now. I just got off the phone with HR and they are implying he told them i was supposed to be at work that day, they said they would confirm again but im not holding my breath. The only real documentation i have is him acknowledging it over text after the fact. The lady in HR did admit to me that i was supposed to receive a call or text 45 minutes after no showing and i received nothing and have gaps in call logs and texts to prove it.

Looking back it was incredibly stupid to let them schedule me without documentation of it but i naively trusted my manager as hes always been incredibly understanding and up to this point i havent received a single bad word, warning, or write up. I do have another job but it is a work for board situation where I make very little so im not going to be homeless but id like to keep my savings. Im going to attempt to file unemployment regardless but i was curious if anyone out there has had success in a similar situation or ever experienced a similar situation. I cant afford to hire a lawyer but this whole thing just feels wrong even with horrible workers rights.

TL:DR I was fired because of a scheduling error my manager made after approving me for a day off verbally. No write ups or warnings either, any way I can still get unemployment? Can anyone relate??

I was fired from my job, not for misconduct but for "not meeting expectations." Basically it's a month's pay and insurance if I promise not to sue or anything. Also, they will record this as a "voluntary separation" if anyone asks. Additionally, they say they will not contest any claims for unemployment, and will respond to inquiries about my unemployment claims 'that [I] was separated pursuant to this agreement'. It doesn't say I have to agree that this a voluntary termination, and I also have a dismissal letter outlining that I was fired.

How does this affect my ability to get unemployment? I already filed saying I was fired, which is true and provable. Is my employer gonna contradict them? Or am I reading too much into it? Or something else?

Hello, hoping I can get some support here. I recently gave birth via c-section and submitted my PFMLA claim for medical, but I didn’t realize that I also needed to submit to family claim for bonding. But now when I go onto my Secure Access Washington PFMLA account, I have no idea where to submit an additional family claim for bonding. Help!

I submitted the wrong info for the Aug 1 period (stupid mistake, I thought I had already submitted Aug 1 and entered info for Aug 8 too quickly.) I entered zero work hours, but I actually worked half-time for that one week. The claim just paid out, and I know I'll need to repay it but I want to make sure I'm doing everything I can to correctly report the mistake and avoid any implication of fraud. I've tried calling with no luck getting through and I've send a message with the correct information using "Benefit Accuracy Measurement Audit"

Is there anything else I can do to report the mistake and make the repayment myself?

I was fired on 07/01/26. My employer states they had tried to contact me/set up a meeting with me 6 times in the 5 previous work days. I was out sick due to a serious medical issue. I called out sick like I always have and on the 3rd day I also notified them that this time would be FMLA (I was eligible but hadn't filed the claim yet). I know my claim is in adjudication for this reason. The reason they wanted to have the meeting was for "dependability" aka they didn't like that I had used my sick time for tardies I had that were health/medical related. I have a planner that I wrote down every day that I was late, how late, for what reason etc. but otherwise I'm not sure what documentation I can provide to help move this along. My bank account is in the negative and I'm at risk of losing my housing so I literally can't afford for this to get denied & go through the appeal process.

I had a virtual Reemployment meeting a little over two weeks ago and the email with the Zoom link was sent a little over 24 hours before the meeting was scheduled. During that meeting the follow-up was scheduled for Aug. 7th (tomorrow).

Wed. morning I received both the automated email and text saying that the specific meeting link will be emailed soon. It's been a whole day and a half and nada since.

This afternoon I reached out to both the person I had the first meeting with and to the email provided in the automated reminder, but have not heard back from either. I will call the number in the automated email tomorrow morning but I would like a sanity check. Is it actually more typical to get the email link to a follow-up meeting sent same-day rather than the day before?

Edit: Got the Zoom link Friday morning.