STATE OF HAWAI'I DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE DIVISION BRITTNEY CLOUD 987 EVANGELINE RD FL DOWN CLEVELAND OH 44110-3173 Date: Letter ID: Account ID: January 11, 2021 L0008543948 A00-000-1084-6277 Notice of Monetary Re-Determination BRITTNEY CLOUD, Your claim for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance was filed on September 14, 2020. Information about your monetary eligibility is explained below. You should keep this letter for reference throughout the duration of your claim. Decision You meet the monetary eligibility requirements to establish a claim for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance benefits. You are entitled to receive benefits as long as you are not disqualified or held ineligible for other reasons. Claim Summary • • • • • You may receive up to $263.00 each week you are eligible for benefits. You are eligible for up to 57 weeks of benefits. Your maximum benefit amount is $14,991.00. You are entitled to file for benefits beginning from March 29, 2020, if otherwise eligible. Unless federal law changes, the program will end with the week ending March 13, 2021. If you receive benefits for the week ending March 13, 2021, you may continue to collect any remaining entitlement through the week ending April 10, 2021, provided you are otherwise eligible. The Continued Assistance Act increased the maximum amount of benefits available under the PUA program from 39 weeks to 50 weeks. If you exhausted your PUA benefits prior to the week ending December 26, 2020, you may be eligible for additional benefits beginning with the week ending January 2, 2021. You do not need to apply to receive the additional benefits, but you must continue to file your claim each week for the PUA program. These additional 11 weeks of PUA benefits may only be collected for weeks ending on or after December 27, 2020. Any weeks in which you received regular unemployment compensation (UC) or Extended Benefits (EB) since January 27, 2020 will be subtracted from this amount. Starting with week ending January 2, 2021 and ending with the week ending March 13, 2021, you will receive a $300 supplemental payment from the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) program for any week that you are eligible for PUA. There is no phaseout period for FPUC. This means that the last payable week for FPUC is week ending March 13, 2021. The maximum benefit amount shown above does not include any Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) that you are potentially eligible for. Individuals receiving Pandemic Unemployment Assistance benefits may also be eligible to receive an additional $300 weekly benefit amount under the FPUC program between the weeks ending January 2, 2021 and March 13, 2021. You do not need to contact the agency or submit a separate application to be considered eligible for the additional $300 FPUC weekly benefit amount. It will be automatically applied to your payment for qualifying weeks and is separate from your Pandemic Unemployment Assistance weekly benefit amount. Quarter of Wages 1st Quarter 2019 2nd Quarter 2019 3rd Quarter 2019 4th Quarter 2019 Amount $1,675.50 $1,675.50 $1,675.50 $1,675.50 Computation of your Weekly Benefit Amount: Hawaii Revised Statues 383-22, states in part… (1) An individual’s weekly benefit amount is equal to the high quarter wages divided by 21, but not more than the current maximum weekly benefit amount. (2) If your earnings were $22,092 or less, you would be eligible for the minimum PUA benefit of $263. If your net income for 2019 exceeded $22,092, you may qualify for more than the minimum weekly benefit amount (WBA) of $263. You may request a redetermination of your benefit amount any time during the Pandemic Assistance Period which ends December 31, 2020. You will have 21 days to submit income verification documentation following your request for redetermination. Weekly Certifications You must file weekly claim certifications every week to continue receiving benefits. Failure to certify each week will result in non-payment for that week. Online: To certify online, visit https://pua.hawaii.gov/ and log in to your account. Your online account is accessible twenty-four hours a day and seven days a week. Appeal Rights If you disagree with this determination, you have the right to file an appeal. Your appeal must be received within 10 calendar days from the issue date of this determination. The deadline may be extended to 30 days by the appeals officer if “good cause” is established. To file an appeal online, go to https://pua.hawaii.gov/ and log in to your account. Select the "More..." tab and click on the "File an Appeal" link. You will be asked for a Letter ID that can be found at the top right-hand corner of the decision you are appealing. Enter the reason you are appealing in the available text box and submit the request. If you are unable to file your appeal online, please mail your appeal and this letter to the Employment Security Appeals Referees Office (ESARO), 830 Punchbowl St. Room 429, Honolulu, HI 96813. If you are still unemployed while waiting for a hearing, you must continue to request benefit payments by filing your weekly claim certifications each week. Even if your initial determination is reversed, you will not receive benefit payments for the weeks that you did not file your weekly claim certification. Receiving Correspondence You must immediately notify us of any changes to your address or phone number. You can update your address, phone number, and communication preferences online by visiting https://pua.hawaii.gov/ and logging in to your account. Contacting Us If you have additional questions about this notice, please complete a help ticket at https://lbr.force.com/PUASupport/s/contactsupport. Penalties and False Statements It is against state law to intentionally make false statements or conceal material information in an attempt to gain payment of unemployment benefits. Individuals filing for benefits fraudulently are subject to repayment of amounts received, penalty, and interest, and may be subject to criminal prosecution. Identity Theft If you did not file a claim for PUA benefits, please go to PUA.HAWAII.GOV and click on the link “Use a Letter ID to Report Identity Theft”. You will need to enter the Letter ID and Claim ID found on this notice.
