California’s Employment Development Department (EDD) fails to deliver benefits to hundreds of thousands of qualified claimants each year. For this reason, Pershing Square Law Firm built a team of experienced unemployment benefits lawyers to advocate for you. If you disagree with an EDD decision concerning your unemployment claim, you don’t have to accept it.
Instead, you have a right to file an appeal with the help of one of our unemployment appeal lawyers. If you don’t have any knowledge about California labor laws, our attorneys can guide you through the process so that you’ll make the right decisions. Their advice will help you increase your chances of a decision in your favor and allow you to get your payout much faster.
Since your claim can amount to thousands and sometimes tens of thousands of dollars, you want to consider whether you should hire an attorney. Call us today at (800) 696-1206 for a free consultation to learn more about the next steps that you can take to file your appeal. Our unemployment benefit lawyers can help you make this time in your life less stressful so that you can focus more on finding a new job and moving on to your next career.
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California’s Unemployment Insurance provides a robust safety net to working Californians who become unemployed through no fault of their own. Unemployment Benefits replace lost wages and are given differentially based on income in the 18 months preceding your claim. The COVID-19 pandemic has made unemployment benefits more important than ever, causing the Federal Government to fund a Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program.
This program temporarily provides benefits to individuals who do not qualify for regular unemployment benefits and who are unemployed as a direct result of the pandemic. As experienced unemployment benefits lawyers, we can help you understand why you might experience a denial. If you got denied benefits for either one of these programs do not be discouraged, as the EDD often makes mistakes.
Some of the common reasons for denial are: If you got denied benefits for either one of these programs do not be discouraged, as the EDD often makes mistakes.
The EDD decided you are not unemployed as a direct result of COVID-19.
The EDD held you disqualified based on an issue in a prior claim, such as false statement weeks.
The EDD does not recognize all the income in your base period, causing a lower computation of benefits.
The EDD determined you were terminated for misconduct.
Denial on procedural grounds, such an unverified ID, lateness or errors in your application for benefits.
Refusal to backdate the effective date of your claim to an earlier date.
The EDD incorrectly computed your eligibility and refuses to pay the correct Weekly Benefit Amount.
The EDD determined you voluntarily quit your job Your employer has appealed your eligibility.
You do not pay our fee unless and only when we win your case.
Our law firm understands that hiring a lawyer can be challenging or even intimidating, but we are confident in our ability to help. That’s why we have created the Fee Guarantee.
Our Fee Guarantee is a promise to obtain relief in your case. This means that if we do not obtain any relief in your case, you will not have to pay our fee.
With the Fee Guarantee, you will have peace of mind that your attorneys are going to do their best to protect and promote your interests. You will know that any money you put towards the fee will be protected and fully reimbursed if we fail to obtain relief, providing you with:
The Fee Guarantee is offered to all clients, except for the following:
• EDD Tax Audit cases: Audit cases are cases we represent businesses that undergo an EDD audit for unpaid payroll taxes. The Fee Guarantee does not apply to such cases.
• Writ of Mandate cases: Writ of Mandate cases are cases in which our office appeals a denial by the Appeals Board to the Superior Court. These are often complicated and protracted cases. The Fee Guarantee does not apply to them.
• Cases deemed ‘high risk’: If an attorney deems a case as ‘high risk’ in the free consultation, we may either turn down the representation or offer representation under advisement that it is ‘high risk’. If the client chooses to proceed, we will not offer the Fee Guarantee.