Are mental health issues a valid excuse for not filing unemployment claims in time?
Posted by Dolores
backnoises asked:
I applied for unemployment insurance in July. Because I owned my own business that folded, I had extra paperwork to fill out and more hoops to jump through. Because of stress from the bankrupt business I have had mental health issues that have prevented me from filling in all the paperwork I needed to. I finally am receiving checks, but I was denied for the 21 back-dated weeks when I didn’t call in weekly due to severe depression and anxiety. I want to appeal the decision. Are mental health issues a valid reason for not completing the proper paperwork?
JANNA
I applied for unemployment insurance in July. Because I owned my own business that folded, I had extra paperwork to fill out and more hoops to jump through. Because of stress from the bankrupt business I have had mental health issues that have prevented me from filling in all the paperwork I needed to. I finally am receiving checks, but I was denied for the 21 back-dated weeks when I didn’t call in weekly due to severe depression and anxiety. I want to appeal the decision. Are mental health issues a valid reason for not completing the proper paperwork?
JANNA
March 17th, 2009 at 5:56 pm
Not at all the real reason is because the system is bogged down due to overwhelming numbers of new claims from the poor economy.