Okay, thanks for the update. When you originally posted your questions about the appeals hearing, I didn't understand that it was from the week long job, not from another job that you'd already been laid off from. That is true, isn't it? You were approved for benefits, and then had this episode of work, and the hearing was related to it, right?
So now, let me see. You were laid off, cleanly, got approved for benefits, in the system, did your literacy test, registered for work, began their activities, all that, had a waiting week, and then one week for which you were paid. Then you took the job with the bad company(unstable) You were fired after one week, right? And then at that point, you resubmitted your paperwork. Usually if FL is like it used to be, submitting a "dirty" claim, like where you were fired via the internet is much slower than filing it by telephone. But either way, when you were in the hearing, was it your second employer that you were presenting evidence about, were they the other party, the "unstable" company you accepted the job with?
If so, that's better, because you're getting closer to the point of getting this settled once the issue on that second separation is established. Once you have accepted a job and worked there even for forty seconds, that becomes your separating employer, and whether or not you get to draw unemployment benefits is based on the decision that you had a valid reason to quit or they show they had a valid misconduct reason to fire you.
Have you gotten anything by mail saying that you were approved after the hearing, or did you just look and see that on the screen? Was there paperwork that told you that you were having a hearing? If so, look very carefully at it. There is usually a number for you to call back and work with the adjudication system to set up this hearing.Even if it just tells you time and place, there should be a number somewhere on it.
I notice that they've worked very hard to make themselves inaccessible in Florida, the websites are not helpful at all, but I'm still looking. U.I. technical support or U.I. adjudication unit would be much better people to talk to about your specific claim, as there is very little help in the automated system, or in the telephone claim filing system. They will pretty much tell you they are only there to take claims, not really to answer questions about claims or give out information. If you do need to talk to them, call very early in the morning. Try as soon after 7:00am as possible. Not on Mondays, later through the week.
I am not really clear which employer you asked for a speeded up adjudication from, assume now that it was your second job, the week long one? Sadly, sometimes asking for this does nothing but remove you out of the queue, may actually take longer to do, as "priority mail" sometimes takes longer to deliver than regular mail.
I read with horror and fascination what the guys gone rampant in the Florida legislature are doing, as TN is right on their coattails. But I passionately agree with a commentator who said that once you start trying to change the basics of a program, you are one step from trying to get rid of it totally. And unemployment insurance is something that I have always believed in passionately, once I saw what study after study has proved, that to give a person a slight cushion to help them get through the shock and disorientation of unemployment, especially brought about by something they could not in any way control, puts money back into the system very effectively and helps people tremendously. And it does not come out of the taxpayers'
pockets and is not only for the indigent. Makes me want to holler!!!
