Author name: Linda Lynch

INFORMATION BULLETIN              U.A.W. LOCAL 2000           SEPTEMBER 19, 2024 H LINE NIGHTS UNEMPLOYMENT INSTRUCTIONS Please follow the unemployment instructions below carefully to avoid your benefits being held up. The ODJFS will not BACKDATE claims. If you don’t file CORRECTLY and on time, they will not pay you. Please DO NOT do these things when filing: NEVER ANSWER ANY OF THE UNION QUESTIONS. We are not a union with a hiring hall. NEVER ANSWER “NO” TO THE JOB SEARCH QUESTION. You will need to enter 2 jobs if they ask.  File for unemployment benefits online at http://unemployment.ohio.gov. If you do not have internet access, call your processing center (the number is located on correspondence you’ve received from the ODJFS). ODJFS business hours are 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM Monday – Friday, except holidays. PLEASE NOTE: You must confirm that your yearly claim is not expired by going under CLAIM DETAILS, click on VIEW CLAIM SUMMARY / PAYMENT HISTORY. At the top of the page in the left hand corner, you will see your beginning and end dates of your yearly claim. If your claim is expired, please do not reopen or restart because YOU MUST FILE A NEW CLAIM. If you can’t file online, call them to file. The phone lines there are usually not as busy later in the week. File for unemployment benefits using Mass Layoff # 2400670. Your last day worked is 09/20/2024 and your return to work date is 10/07/2024. PLEASE NOTE: You will need to call your processing center or visit the ODJFS web site THREE TIMES to file for unemployment benefits. The first time to reopen or restart your application for benefits and the second time to claim your layoff week (see below): SUNDAY, SEPT. 22, 2024 – Open/restart application for benefits or file new claim if old has expired. SUNDAY, SEPT. 29, 2024 – Claim layoff week ending SEPT. 28, 2024. SUNDAY, OCT. 6, 2024 – Claim layoff week ending OCT. 5, 2024. FOR ASSISTANCE WITH CLAIMS ISSUES (ex: pay held, denied, break in claim) please call the processing center and schedule a return call or use the Submit A Question option at https://odjfs2.my.site.com/OUIForm/s/connect-ohio-inquiry-form. You’ll be taken to an online form that allows you to provide detailed information about your issue(s). The Submit A Question option generates a notification directly to a team member for follow up. We have had a lot of success with using this option. FOR ASSISTANCE WITH OHIO ID LOGIN ISSUES: Call 877-644-6562 or use the live chat option at the ODJFS page to reset your pin. FOR ASSISTANCE WITH IDENTITY AUDITS: When you send your documents in, you must also answer eligibility questions and certify through your ODJFS correspondence inbox or you may get another audit next time you file for UC benefits. You may also be asked to go to a local post office with your license to identify yourself. If it’s too late to respond and attach through the inbox, please email your documentation to jfs.ui_respond@jfs.ohio.gov. If the address on your driver’s license differs from the address on your check, you will also need to submit a utility bill or another household bill with your new address. GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING: The next General Membership meeting is Sunday, October 13th at 2:30 PM at UAW Local 2000, 3151 Abbe Road, Sheffield Village. Please attend and be informed. Dianna Brezina, President / Shawn Salmons, Acting Chairperson Unit 1 Angela Mullins, Chairperson Unit 2 / Lisa Ortiz, Chairperson Unit 3 / Kenneth McNeil, Chairperson Unit 4 Tony Rollison, Chairperson Unit 5 / Omar Miranda, Chief Steward, Unit 6 DB:ll/opeiu1794

INFORMATION BULLETIN U.A.W. LOCAL 2000 SEPTEMBER 5, 2024 H LINE DAYS UNEMPLOYMENT INSTRUCTIONS PLEASE FOLLOW THE UNEMPLOYMENT INSTRUCTIONS BELOW CAREFULLY TO AVOID YOUR BENEFITS BEING HELD UP. THE ODJFS WILL NOT BACKDATE CLAIMS. IF YOU DON’T FILE CORRECTLY AND ON TIME, THEY WILL NOT PAY YOU. Please DO NOT do these things when filing: NEVER ANSWER ANY OF THE UNION QUESTIONS. We are not a union with a hiring hall. NEVER ANSWER “NO” TO THE JOB SEARCH QUESTION. You will need to enter 2 jobs if they ask. File for unemployment benefits online at http://unemployment.ohio.gov. If you do not have internet access, call your processing center (the number is located on correspondence you’ve received from the ODJFS). ODJFS business hours are 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM Monday – Friday, except holidays. PLEASE NOTE: You must confirm that your yearly claim is not expired by going under CLAIM DETAILS, click on VIEW CLAIM SUMMARY / PAYMENT HISTORY. At the top of the page in the left hand corner, you will see your beginning and end dates of your yearly claim. If your claim is expired, please do not reopen or restart because YOU MUST FILE A NEW CLAIM. If you can’t file online, call them to file. The phone lines there are usually not as busy later in the week. File for unemployment benefits using Mass Layoff # 2400645. Your last day worked is 09/06/2024 and your return to work date is 09/23/2024. PLEASE NOTE: You will need to call your processing center or visit the ODJFS web site THREE TIMES to file for unemployment benefits. The first time to reopen or restart your application for benefits and the second time to claim your layoff week (see below): 1. SUNDAY, SEPT. 8, 2024 – Open/restart application for benefits or file new claim if old has expired. 2. SUNDAY, SEPT. 15, 2024 – Claim layoff week ending SEPTEMBER 14, 2024. 3. SUNDAY, SEPT. 22, 2024 – Claim layoff week ending SEPTEMBER 21, 2024. FOR ASSISTANCE WITH CLAIMS ISSUES (ex: pay held, denied, break in claim) please call the processing center and schedule a return call or use the Submit A Question option at https://odjfs2.my.site.com/OUIForm/s/connect-ohio-inquiry-form. You’ll be taken to an online form that allows you to provide detailed information about your issue(s). The Submit A Question option generates a notification directly to a team member for follow up. We have had a lot of success with using this option. FOR ASSISTANCE WITH OHIO ID LOGIN ISSUES: Call 877-644-6562 or use the live chat option at the ODJFS page to reset your pin. FOR ASSISTANCE WITH IDENTITY AUDITS: When you send your documents in, you must also answer eligibility questions and certify through your ODJFS correspondence inbox or you may get another audit next time you file for UC benefits. You may also be asked to go to a local post office with your license to identify yourself. If it’s too late to respond and attach through the inbox, please email your documentation to jfs.ui_respond@jfs.ohio.gov. If the address on your driver’s license differs from the address on your check, you will also need to submit a utility bill or another household bill with your new address. GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING: The next General Membership meeting is Sunday, September 8th at 2:30 PM at UAW Local 2000, 3151 Abbe Road, Sheffield Village. Please attend and be informed. Dianna Brezina, President / Shawn Salmons, Acting Chairperson Unit 1 Angela Mullins, Chairperson Unit 2 / Lisa Ortiz, Chairperson Unit 3 / Kenneth McNeil, Chairperson Unit 4 Tony Rollison, Chairperson Unit 5 / Omar Miranda, Chief Steward, Unit 6 DB:ll/opeiu1794

MESSAGE REGARDING CURRENT/RECENT LAYOFFS The local emailed unemployment regarding the issues members are having on both H days and nights. The two people who usually provide guidance are both out of the office. We have been told by some members that they are being asked for the job search information even though there is a mass layoff number. We have been told in the past by ODJFS that regardless of whether members have a mass layoff number or not, they still have to provide two jobs they applied for if they are asked. If you tell them you didn’t do a job search, chances are you won’t be paid. For that reason, be prepared to provide information about two jobs, or four jobs if you are bi-weekly. Day shift members are not being provided the correct weeks to reopen their claims this week. DO NOT open for the wrong date. You must call your processing center to have THEM reopen your claim. Please see the attached numbers for processing centers below: LAST 4 OF SS             PROCESSING CENTER PHONE NUMBER 0000-0822                  866.576.0006 0823-2055                   866.768.0022 2056-2786                   866.849.0029 2787-4384                   800.589.2799 4385-5252                    866.244.0399 5253-6622                    866.867.0044 6623-7672                    866.221.0558 7673-8586                    866.541.0187 8587-9999                    866.272.0118 ODJFS UNIVERSAL FAX: 614.466.7449