Filing for Unemployment – Tips From an Oklahoma Unemployment Attorney
Channel 8 Contacts Oklahoma Unemployment Experts about Unemployment Claims
Oklahoma Unemployment Experts is a law firm focused on helping people protect the unemployment benefits they earned while working for wages in Oklahoma. Recently, ABC Channel 8 contacted to get a better understanding of the current state of the HIGH number of Oklahoma Unemployment Claims. Read more »Haven’t Received Way2Go Card? What can you do?
Our company was asked, "I have not received my card but I have two payments in it". Okay. So, if that is the incidence you need to contact the Way2Go card company. If you had an old address and you updated it recently, that address, your old one, that's where the card will be sent to. There's been a lot of miscommunication there with the card company and unemployment's address saying. So make sure you go back and look and see where your card was addressed to, and that could fix it. And contact them and let them know, "Hey, I got approved and I still haven't received my card." Read more »Login Errors on the Unemployment Site?
With everyone trying to log in their system is crashing, the best time to log in is first thing in the morning or late, late at night. I've been told if you're doing it late at night between one to three in the morning, and if you're doing it early in the morning, start about six o'clock and that you should be able to log in and stuff. If not, go ahead and start calling as well. That way, you get one way or the other either online or by phone. I do know with everything opening back up that they're trying to get more people in the office so that should be helping quite drastically. Read more »What to do if you Receive a Double Payment
If you get a double payment you need to contact unemployment immediately, because if you spend that money and it's not yours, you will be issued to pay it back plus interest. So let's say I was to get a $300 weekly payment and they put $600 in there instead. I'd contact unemployment and say, "Hey, you guys put a double payment in there. What would you like me to do? Do I need to skip next week or do you guys want to take that money out of my account to pay that back?" So you have to contact unemployment immediately and make sure that's done as soon as you see it. Read more »My Way2Go Card Balance is $0 – Did I Miss Something?
Even though you got your card, your case is still pending. Until you get a denial letter, then just be patient. I do know it's taking a little longer. Based on what we've heard in the research that it's taking about 4 to 12 weeks in order to get money on that card. Read more »Can I Work While Drawing Unemployment?
Can I work while drawing unemployment? And, yes you can. You can work, but you've got to report the wages that you make off of that and they will subtract the amount that you work from your weekly benefits. Read more »Should I Tell My Friends if I’m Collecting Unemployment?
"Should I tell my friends if I'm collecting unemployment?" That's strictly a personal decision. If you want to tell them you're collecting unemployment benefits, there's nothing wrong with collecting unemployment benefits. Read more »Can I Work for Cash Under The Table While Collecting Unemployment Benefits?
You got any other questions? Send them to me, Earl D. Lawson, Oklahoma unemployment experts, and I will put it on a video. I won't mention your name, but I will discuss it on video, answer your question because there's other people out there that wants to know the answer to it. Read more »Shocking Statistic Behind Hiring Legal Representation for an Unemployment Case
Unemployment Attorney Earl Lawson with Oklahoma Unemployment Experts. My job is to represent clients that have been turned down by the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission for their unemployment benefits. This is necessary because the company often has their attorneys or HR department who's gone through these several times and they know exactly what's coming at them, whereas a lot of my clients do not know what is coming at them. That's what I do, I train them and teach him how the hearing is going to go, what questions the hearing officer's going to ask. Read more »Facts Matter More Than Emotion When Applying For Oklahoma Unemployment.
If you put a lot of emotion into applying for unemployment, insulting your previous employer or just trying to vent your frustration with the person taking your information at the Oklahoma Unemployment Security Commission, they get a negative view of you and that sometimes skews their decision on as far as granting your unemployment benefits first thing off the bat. You don't have to appeal, but just keep it unemotional. You have just the facts. Don't try and categorize your employer as a dirty, rotten person that's just too hard to work for. That's not going to get you benefits. Oklahoma Attorney Earl Lawson has represented many Oklahoman's get their unemployment benefits. Read more »
