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u/Fried_egg_im_in_love Aug 08 '21 edited Aug 08 '21

Does anyone know if there is a class action in process or being considered?

The gross incompetence has caused direct financial harm to myself and thousands of others. Such abject failure to execute our rightful claim to our insurance benefits needs to be accounted for. Can the government be sued?

I got a job months ago. I got caught in the “5 days to verify ID, oops, you missed it, now you owe us everything we paid you” trap. I thought I was done with their crap.

Losing a job put my self esteem in the trash. The effort to make it through some dark times didn’t allow room for anger. But I’m in a different headspace now. My new employer values me. I have resources. Getting that bill claiming I owe them thousands tapped into a deep well of anger I’ve held inside for a year now.

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u/SoThenIThought_ Admin for WEBA.Law, WA Unemployment Benefits Aug 08 '21

yes, there is a class action suit, click on the roadmap, then click on the data breach section and you will see an entry for the class action, which you are already opted into. do you need help with the identity verification issue?

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u/Fried_egg_im_in_love Aug 08 '21

Nope, I checked the roadmap!

They say that in the darkest hours, a hero appears. In my case it was you, SoThenIThought! Seriously, you’ve helped me and so many others at one of our darkest times. I will always remember you and this community you built. You have helped untold thousands of people to help themselves. You directly helped untold numbers to avoid real suffering and possibly even some deaths of despair. You did this.

Who’s cutting the onions near me?

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u/SoThenIThought_ Admin for WEBA.Law, WA Unemployment Benefits Aug 08 '21 edited Aug 08 '21

here is the entry in the data breach section of the roadmap,

Update: Data Breach - Class Action Suit Filed - Tourney Brain Stephens - King Co Superior Court

You are to kind, go forth and flourish, you wild orchid

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u/ChristopherStefan Aug 08 '21

Does filing by phone still work? Are you asked for verification of job search activities when filing by phone?

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u/deloslabinc Aug 08 '21

it asks if you did the activity, it does not ask for a link to video or screen shot like it says in the approved job search activities. it seems the only way to enter an activity is if you made an actual employer contact otherwise it's just yes and no tabs

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u/SoThenIThought_ Admin for WEBA.Law, WA Unemployment Benefits Aug 08 '21

yes, you can still file by phone, however I wrote an entry in the roadmap about how this is a little bit dangerous because you absolutely do need to continue to maintain and keep your job log

From the Roadmap, Job Search Activity section

Added 6/20: Job Search Reporting by Calling in Claim? None. But bad idea

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u/ChristopherStefan Aug 08 '21

I did the activity (and logged it) I’m just annoyed at the web robot.

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u/SoThenIThought_ Admin for WEBA.Law, WA Unemployment Benefits Aug 08 '21

f that webbot

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u/Brief_Needleworker83 Aug 08 '21

i can’t even file a claim anymore it says our system doesn’t see any available claims

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u/SoThenIThought_ Admin for WEBA.Law, WA Unemployment Benefits Aug 08 '21

did you see one of the more recent posts mentioned this and that they also said that their claims spontaneously reappeared the day later

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u/SoThenIThought_ Admin for WEBA.Law, WA Unemployment Benefits Aug 08 '21

you just stop claiming

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u/SoThenIThought_ Admin for WEBA.Law, WA Unemployment Benefits Aug 08 '21

there has been a weekly recurring post that contains a link at the very bottom about how to stop claiming, that has appeared for the last 8 weeks or so, on this post

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnemploymentWA/comments/oyv4mz/federal_benefits_end_942021_consider/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

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u/Dreadwalker Aug 08 '21

I’m stuck in pending after working a couple 40 hour weeks for my part time on-call job. What should I do?

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u/SoThenIThought_ Admin for WEBA.Law, WA Unemployment Benefits Aug 08 '21

start an escalation. I tried to make this easy to find by making a recurring post, by putting it in my user flair, and in the sub description, as a rule in the sub, and the posting guidelines. no big deal

Friendly Reminder to Check the Roadmap

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u/xithbaby Aug 09 '21

Did anyone else have all of the issues they have already have resolved get brought back up when you sent in your work verification? I have a "conflicting job separation" flag on my account that has been fixed 3 separate times since I started filing PUA that is now an issue again. They refuse to transfer my PUA like they always do and now I have to wait for a call back pushing my next payment into next week some time. I go so exhausted of this garbage..

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u/SoThenIThought_ Admin for WEBA.Law, WA Unemployment Benefits Aug 09 '21

we're you given an able& available fact finding way back in the beginning of pua transfer? check your online activity tab

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u/xithbaby Aug 09 '21

The first time was because when I was first filed the lady put in the dates wrong, the second time was after the PNC it brought it back up, now this after I send in my w2. Every time I do as they ask some freaking issue comes up and prevents me from filing.

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u/SoThenIThought_ Admin for WEBA.Law, WA Unemployment Benefits Aug 12 '21

The following entry has been added to every section of the Roadmap:

Added 8/12 The scary but automated Overpayment Suspicion page at the end of every fact-finding, ever, an explanation