Applying for Unemployment Benefits
We have been full timing for 7 years. Two years ago we had some unexpected expenses and decided to work camp. We work camped for Xanterra in Yellowstone for two seasons. When we left Yellowstone l...
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This is our first time dealing with UI in any state but I think that Wyoming depends on seasonal workers in many ares and provides UI services to get people through the transition.
In our case, the job offer she had fell through. She applied for UI benefits to help us until she gets a job. What seems to have triggered her letter of disqualification is that the staff in Wyoming could not find the documents we sent to them. Thus far we have sent in three copies of everything. Two claims of lost documents seems to indicate that the problem is due to something more than ineptness - but maybe my experience in investigating government agencies in California compels me to think about such things.
The bottom line is that Wyoming allocates a little over $100 per week to UI claimants. The process has taken up over 20 hours of her job hunting time and I would guess will involve at least 10 - 12 combined hours of their staff time when the process is finished. At best their process is flawed. If someone were scamming the UI system he/she would have plenty of time to play footsie with the State staff but the time spent fulfilling the UI process measures winds up by encumbering the applicant who is serious about finding a job.
Anyway, I wanted to see if anyone else felt as though the State staff created problems rather than help solve them.
In our case, the job offer she had fell through. She applied for UI benefits to help us until she gets a job. What seems to have triggered her letter of disqualification is that the staff in Wyoming could not find the documents we sent to them. Thus far we have sent in three copies of everything. Two claims of lost documents seems to indicate that the problem is due to something more than ineptness - but maybe my experience in investigating government agencies in California compels me to think about such things.
The bottom line is that Wyoming allocates a little over $100 per week to UI claimants. The process has taken up over 20 hours of her job hunting time and I would guess will involve at least 10 - 12 combined hours of their staff time when the process is finished. At best their process is flawed. If someone were scamming the UI system he/she would have plenty of time to play footsie with the State staff but the time spent fulfilling the UI process measures winds up by encumbering the applicant who is serious about finding a job.
Anyway, I wanted to see if anyone else felt as though the State staff created problems rather than help solve them.
