![]() ![]() ![]() If we sent a request to your UI Online account or a Verify Your Employment Status for Your Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Claim (DE 6316SEES) by mail, you are required to provide documentation, even though PUA benefits have ended. Important: You will receive a notice in the mail or in UI Online with the time period for which you must provide documentation. If your claim started in February 2021, you will need to provide documentation for some time between January 1, 2020, and the start date of your claim in 2021.If your claim started in December 2020, you will need to provide documentation for some time between January 1, 2019, and the start date of your claim in 2020. ![]() Self-Employment and Employment Documentationįederal rules require that you provide documentation to prove you were, or planned to be, self-employed or employed at some point during the calendar year before and up to the start of your PUA claim. I was an employee and my hours had been reduced or I was laid off as a direct result of COVID-19.I provided services to an educational institution or educational service agency and was unemployed or partially unemployed because of volatility in the work schedule that was directly caused by COVID-19, such as changes in schedules and partial closures.I was denied continued unemployment benefits because I either refused to return to work or accept an offer of work at a worksite that was not in compliance with local, state, or national COVID-19 health and safety standards, such as facial mask wearing, physical distancing, or access to protective equipment consistent with public health guidelines.I had become the breadwinner or major financial support for my household because the head of the household had died as a direct result of COVID-19.I was scheduled to start employment and did not have a job or was unable to reach the job as a direct result of COVID-19.I was providing care for a family member or a member of my household who was diagnosed with COVID-19.A member of my household had been diagnosed with COVID-19.I was self-employed and experienced a significant reduction of services because of COVID-19.A child or other person in my household for whom I am the primary caregiver was unable to attend school or another facility that was closed as a direct result of COVID-19 and the school or facility care was required for me to work.I was unable to reach my place of employment because I was advised by a health care provider to self-quarantine due to concerns related to COVID-19.(This may apply if you could not reach your workplace because of a state, county, or city order restricting travel due to COVID-19, such as a stay-home or shelter-in-place order.) I was unable to reach my place of employment because of a quarantine imposed as a direct result of COVID-19.I had to quit my job as a direct result of COVID-19.I had been diagnosed with COVID-19 or was experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 and seeking a medical diagnosis.My place of employment was closed as a direct result of the COVID-19 public health emergency.You must also have been unemployed, partially unemployed, or unable or unavailable to work due to at least one of the following reasons to be eligible for PUA: People who were serving false statement penalty weeks on their regular UI claim.People who had used all their regular UI benefits as well as any extended benefits.PUA benefits were available if you did not qualify for regular unemployment benefits and were out of business or had significantly reduced your services as a direct result of the pandemic. The date you could start collecting these benefits depended on when you were directly affected by COVID-19 and the date you filed your PUA claim. ![]() PUA included up to 86 weeks of benefits, between Februand September 4, 2021. PUA was part of the federal assistance that helped unemployed Californians who were not usually eligible for regular unemployment insurance benefits. For more information about the ending of federal unemployment benefit programs, visit Federal Provisions for Unemployment. The last day you could apply for a PUA claim was October 6, 2021, for weeks of unemployment before September 4. ![]()
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