What do I need to do? Not sure if it even works yet still waiting on call back but worth a shot. Whoever is in control of this KY unemployment needed to get fired last year. There are many complex areas within the Unemployment Insurance Program. Ive been trying to get a job, its really difficult when insurance had lapsed on vehicle, tags due, not to mention gas.idk how people are doing it because I am lost. WHY IS THIS HAPPENING WE HAVE WORKED 40 YEARS AND CANT GET COMPENSATED FOR IT!!! Calling the unemployment office is like calling Mars looking for the president. 2. The first couple times, it said my application was unprocessed and then just timed out at 20 days. We are only human! You never can get threw. I keep waiting thinking it will work each time, and the result is Im about to get evicted and Im out of savings. Our local office doesnt deal with unemployment. As Im writing this Im desperately trying to keep my car from getting repossessed today. I know there are more people suffering than me I am lucky my kids are grown and on their own so I dont have little ones to feed or bath. No check since December no one answers the phone. Ive been trying everyday since January to get to talk to anyone email Ive sent hundreds!!!! I am almost out of money and may loose my home because of the wait. What am I suppose to do? I have emailed people with no response. The best way out of this would be to find resources on the website on self help basis. There may be hundreds of pending applicaitons. Cant talk to anyone and cant get on to open claim. Kentucky's economy is strong. Jobs are opening back up and I could have been back to work this past month but i have no gas no car insurance no way to clean my clothes or bathe, I have a couple items of canned food from the community center that helped me with my electric. I have NOT received a letter with my new 8 digit PIN so I am basically at a stand still and can do absolutely nothing because I have no access. You cant schedule appointments no available dates, times! OUI Performing Scheduled Computer System Update April 20-April 23. If youre asking if a notice to the employer will go out or not, there will be a notification made to your employer about your UI application. EVER. Home | Office Locations; Unemployment Services. I am so frustrated with this UI system. These appointments are for individuals who need unemployment insurance or job seeker assistance. Beyond ridiculous! This is crazy and cant get any answers. You can apply by calling (502) 875-0442 Monday - Friday 7:30 am - 5:30 pm, EST Website: Monday - Friday from 7:00 am - 7:00 pm, EST Sunday from 10:00 am - 9:00 pm EST They can call 502-564-2900 beginning at 7 am on Tuesday . So this is where Im at Im going to get paid here or Im going to get paid in the supreme Court I will get paid either way I didnt go through the things I went through to sit here and let somebody kick their heels and tell me because of their inconsistencies and inadequacies that I have to pay the price in the end what we all should do we should go together if I multi lawsuit against the state of Kentucky and each office who said they would put their hands in and do their job and never did bring the inadequacies and injustices to all of us people back to the forefront of the ones who say theyre going to help then and only then what anything get done. I am having the exact same issue. So please please do us all a favor, if you have no actual, usable, helpful information id find a different place to volunteer. The federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification, or WARN, requires employers to provide written notice at least 60 calendar days in advance of covered plant closings and mass layoffs. I can still look forward eternity of no suffering and no worries in Heaven sorry to bring up religion Seriously its the only good thing i have left and the most important I have to concentrate on whatever positive I have left in me and I will never loose my faith in God. We have provided links to information that we hope will help you better understand the program and possibly answer some of the questions you may have relating to your Unemployment Insurance claim. HI Jeff I am needing to get in contact with someone at unemployment. Unemployment Services . l am lost and dont know where to turn for help. Good luck. I filed in the middle of December, was approved and still have not received the first dollar. Monday-Friday - 7 AM - 7 PM ET Sunday - 10 AM - 9 PM ET You can apply by calling 502-875-0442 Monday - Friday 7:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., EST Website: Monday - Friday from 7 a.m. - 7 p.m., EST Sunday from 10 a.m. - 9 p.m. EST You may also call toll-free 800-648-6057 for telecommunications relay service. Please follow up with your adjudicator regularly for status. Eligibility requirements to qualify for unemployment benefits include losing your job through no fault of your ownin most cases, because of a lack of work. ET on 1/28, Monday, Jan. 16 - Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday, One-half day, Friday, April 7 - Good Friday, Thursday & Friday, Nov. 23, 24 - Thanksgiving, Monday & Tuesday, Dec. 25, 26 - Christmas, Friday & Monday, Dec. 29, Jan. 1 - New Year's. States set eligibility rules for unemployment benefits. "It's a rolling 18 calendar day schedule. I HAVE NO MEANS TO KEEP MY INTERVIEW APPTS,,,,,, BECAUSE I HAVE NO GAS MONEY NO CAR INSURANCE MONEY TO KEEP MY VEHICLE LEGALLY ON THE ROAD,,,,,, I AM MISSING INTERVIEWS.I AM HUNGRY,,,,, I MAY HAVE HAD A NEW JOB LAST WEEK IF I COULD HAVE DRIVEN TO THE INTERVIEW,,,,, PLEASE DEAR GOD HAVE MERCY ON FOLKS TRYING TO SURVIVE THIS AWLFUL NATIOINAL PANDEMIC!!!!! For more information contact your local Career Center. Unemployment Insurance Tax Audit Branch. Why dont you consider the option of visiting an office in the vicinity if safe and feasible? . no one has responded. Ive been calling up to 30 times a day since the middle of June!! You will have to log in with an ID and password. I am hopeless and yes I am in need of real help. Make an appointment in person no available in person appointments even in the foreseeable future. This is absolutely, outrageously, insane- and the powers at be are just acting like everythings normal meanwhile the very tax paying, honest citizens that they represent are having their own homes foreclosed on, and living homeless in the streets. Im having the same problem Ive been calling everyday sometimes 5 times throughout the day same automated message over and over. But also says that they will call you back when your turn. I have seriously not had a penny going on 7 months now. As a god fearing, hard working, tax paying, blue collar citizen of the state of Kentucky, I feel that anyone employed by or in control of the unemployment office if there even is anyone I control or employed by them- should be fired and have their own benefits denied. My deadline is May 13th to get this submitted and I cannot get through to a person for assistance on any phone numbers provided. You can file your initial claim either online or by telephone. Protestors in Frankfort, Ky. Feb. 23, 2021. I seen an appt in bowling green one up a 4.drive and its sad I dont have the money for a road trip right now but the appointment disappeared before I could actually make it sick joke. Click below to: Reemployment Assistance Hotline for UI Claims - 1-833-FL-APPLY (1-833-352-7759 and choose option 5).The hours of operation are Monday through Friday 7:30 AM to 6:30 PM and . Now they passed some rule that allows them to keep my federal boost. Cant make an appointment bc it always says no availability. This is absolutely ridiculous!!! Its inhumane and shameful. Its not just pandemic relief most of it was my own unemployment I WORKED FOR, sad that the ones that put in the man hours has to sit back and watch ppl free load making bank.. struggling to put food on the table. Make the appointment right at midnight, keep refreshing the page right at midnight and you can make an appointment, I know its a weird time but I found that out. I called and emailed the same places you have since March 2021. Look for a new job. 2022 Commonwealth of Kentucky. If possible, consider visiting an office if safe and feasible. This is what happens with our political offices dust lays on everything and the only thing you see is what they put on show for you to see in the viewing they never show you behind the scenes no one ever gets on the news and says well this is whats wrong with our office we need to quit complaining we need to file a heavy lawsuit against these people not just for our money, before the things that we lost because not receiving our money for the pride we lost to our children or to our landlords or to our car payment, as for me I lost my home I lost everything I lived on the streets for 8 months last year. An unemployment claim filed on your behalf by an employer: 502-564-2369. Heading to a lawyer this week since no one will help and seeing about getting national attention for other states to see what Ky is doing to the actual taxpayers. Luckily I found another job. Do you not realize you have told everyone on here to visit an office when none are available no appointments are available either no matter what time you check it. Contact your local media to publicize your experience When I try to schedule appointment in person it says UI site says no appointments available. 500 Mero Street 3rd Floor Frankfort, KY 40601 Get Directions (502) 564-3534; Email Us; In Case of a Workplace Accident. At last check, 41,000 unemployment claims remain unprocessed in Kentucky. For 2 months it has told me I have to re file my claim. Ive been on hold for over an hour, will they still answer my phone even tho its after 5:30? Jeff you have to make a appointment, and there are no appointments, and you cant get in the offices. I can understand your situation. I feel disregarded by my local government leaders and frankly we are all tired of it. SEEMS convenient to have a computer answer the phone in a NATIONAL EMERGENCY?????? I cant visit my local office, and call every single day! Ive emailed, called, everything I could do I have. I have reference numbers for all interactions. After almost a year of not being able to even get someone on the phone or an appointment I finally managed to do so a few months ago. For more information, call 844-224-5818, start a live chat at jobs4TN.gov, . No one answers the phone to report potential fraud. Its frustrating. Now Im jobless and cant get one until my car is fixed cant do that unless I have my PUA. During the 2018 Legislation Session, the General Assembly enacted the In addition to making an in-person visit, you may find yourself needing to connect with a Kentucky unemployment insurance expert by phone. Can never get through on the phone number, and it wont allow on hold it just hangs up on you. ET until 1 A.M. Ruth Bourne I havent got a check since 12-7-2020 and I have been trying to reach someone since. My house in foreclosure now,,,, water is cut off,,,, cell phone cutoff, I have depleted my saving and anything I could pawn ,,,, No car insurance,,,, no way to bath and wash clothes or dishes, brushing my teeth with baking soda in refrigerator,,, standing in FOOD BANK LINES,,,, 35 years of working and saving raised two beautiful children paid my college tuition 60K paid my sons college 88K graduated and have 58K invested in my home!!!! Mine says reopen claim, I try and it says you dont need to reopen claim. JEFF help us or just find a different JOB besides representing this FORUM ,,,,, if you cant help us its frustrating to have this service posted that your helping because there is NO HELP. Been waiting for a red stop x on my claim to be lifted but nobody feels inclined to say or do anything! Im sure everyone is ready for 1 straight answer although that seems to be the one thing we cant get. The Kentucky Career Center can help. Tried to file my claim but it tells me I need to contact the 2900 number because there are difficulties with my claim..Cant do that when I cant get through when calling! I have 2 children and just had my utilities disconnected, no more vehicle insurance, on E in my vehicle now anyway, about to lose my home, and have exhausted LIHEAP help! Email: UIInterstate@ky.gov. Please try calling during off-peak hours. Claimant Secure Chat Registration. I will email UI assistance again tomorrow, my state representative, governor. When is it enough!? Social Security number is 9 digits IF YOU DONT SMELL FRAUD ALL OVER IT SOMETHING ISNT RIGHT HERE PEOPLE- THEY ARE ROBBING US BLIND YALL Our government does not care. from 7 p.m. EDT on Thursday, April 20 through 10 a.m. EDT on Sunday, April 23 I am getting an attorney. I have been in the queue for a return call for months and NOTHING!! We never received a 8 digit pin. I agree , I have been doing research and reached out to a couple attorneys come on 13 months and you still cant help someone who has sent many many faxes and emails Watch on. Why give people #s to call and email addresses if no one EVER responds from either? How To File A Kentucky Unemployment Appeal If you feel like you need to file an unemployment appeal, you can do so by: 1. The Kentucky Office of Unemployment Insurance will take its computer system offline from 7 p.m. EDT on Thursday, April 20 through 10 a.m. EDT on Sunday, April 23 to perform a scheduled system update. Idk what to do, did you somehow figure it out? Watch our video to learn how to apply for benefits. Writing about your situation may help others. Thanks KY. Its our buddy sitting in the governors office. I had to verify my identity through id.me.com.which I already had an account for I was a college student during the pandemic but losing bothy jobs I couldnt afford school no longer .. anyways it scans your face and ID . Andy Beshear told Kentuckians the state was hiring an outside accounting firm, Ernst & Young, to process all 56,000 outstanding unemployment claims. Once the application is processed, you will receive a Letter of Determination conveying the decision. Will there ever be a way to speak to a human about these unspecified difficulties? You are not alone. The identity process is waste. I have been trying to schedule an appointment at offices within 100 miles of my house no availability and no way to speak with anyone. The Kentucky Career Center offers assistance in focusing employment possibilities, filing unemployment claims or accessing existing claims, as well as in-person assistance. So guess what they got you off the benefits. Ive emailed any email address for the UI office I could find and usually on get the message cant be delivered OR no response. I have literally woke up at 6am to call the office at 8am and same results. They have yet to send me a damn dime. I see way to many people posting about calling over and over after 2-3 weeks of waiting. Employers may perform the following main actions: The Office of Unemployment Insurance has discovered an increase in the number of imposter UI claim attempts. Cant ever talk to a yone can u please call me 615 564 0426. If you all were so worried about helping the citizens of Ky, offer work from home jobs to the THOUSANDS of us that havent received anything on top of us receiving our call backs/back pay, and more. As an unemployed citizen who is owed 16 weeks of back pay dating all the way back to NOVEMBER 2019, I have never in my life felt so belittled and absolutely helpless. These issues have been going on for months with no action on the part of the agency or the state to remedy it. I hope your issue gets handled better and faster than ours has. For those with Focus/Career accounts, you will lose access to your resume once the transition occurs. ID.me's role in this partnership is exclusively regarding identity verification. How am I supposed to drive 8 hours if I dont have any money? Lived in Ky moved back about 1.5 years ago We never applied in ky. Please report it immediately. No one cares. The office incompetence is not anyone elses problem. Tried every phone number I can find online that has anything to do with unemployment or even close. Pray for all us suffering for no reason while the state government takes there time figuring out their errors .. this is unecessary and I will never recover now its been too long my creditors wont wait and 35 years of hard work as A TAX PAYER, paying into the system for ???? 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