Woman who waited nine weeks for unemployment: 'Don't give up.'

She was denied, and said she was told there was no need to appeal.

But when the appeal deadline passed, she was told she was out of luck.

HAS BEENDECREASING FOR THELAST SIX WEEKS...BUT MORE THAN 5,800DID LAST WEEK.THAT'S STILL MORETHAN ANY WEEKBEFORE THISPANDEMIC.THE LABORCOMMISSIONER SAIDTHEY'RE STARTING TOCATCH UP ON CLAIMS.BUT ONE WOMANREACHED OUT TO 3NEWS NOWINVESTIGATORS.SHE SAID HER CLAIMWAS WRONGLYDENIED - AND SHEWAS TOLD SHECOULDN'T APPEAL -AFTER BEING TOLDSHE DIDN'T HAVE TO...JEFF VAN SANT HASMORE.TIMES ARE UNCERTAIN..ROUGH..NEBRASKA IS SLOWLYOPENING UP..BUT UNEMPLOYMENT..IS STILL THRU THEROOF..THE STATE WASOVERWHELMED WITHCLAIMS..IN LATE APRIL ..64-THOUSAND STILLNEEDED TO BEPROCESSED ..ITS NOW DOWN TOMORE THAN 11,500BUT THERS STILLMANY WHO HAVEN'TBEEN PAID BENEFITS..35 OBVIOUSLY WHATSHAPPENING RIGHTNOW HAS NEVERHAPPENED SO THEYDIDNT REALLY HAVE ATIME FRAME..TAYLOR WESTROPEWAS FURLOUGHEDFROM TOP GOLFBEFORE IT EVENOPENED..SO SHE HAD TO FILEFOR UNEMPLOYMENTON MARCH 15..AND HADNT HEARDBACK SINCE ..46 IVE CALLED..UH..LIKE 6 TIMES IVECALLED SOMEONE ..AND WHEN I GETTHRU..EVERYONE ISBASICALLY SAYINGTHERE IS NOTHINGYOU ARE DOING ONYOUR END ..EVERYTHING IS GOOD..WE'RE JUST WAITING..WE DONT KNOWWHATS HAPPENING..JUST LAST WEEK..HER CLAIM IS DENIED..1:38 THE REASON IMNOT GETTING PAIDBECAUSE I QUIT THEJOB THAT I WORKEDAT IN SEPTEMBER 2019..BUT I HAVE THECONTRACT THAT SAYSTHAT MY JOB WASOVER AND I DID ..LIKE IT WAS A MUTUALDECISION TO QUIT ..AND THE LADY TOLDME I WAS OUT OFLUCK AND THERE WASNOTHING I COULD DOSHE PROVIDED USWITH HEREMPLOYMENTCONTRACT..IT CLEARLY STATESTHE TIME FRAME INWHICH SHE WILLWORK ..3 NEWS NOWINVESTIGATORSREACHED OUT THESTATE DEPARTMENTOF LABOR ABOUTTAYLORS CASE..INCREDIBLY..A SHORT TIME LATER..TAYLOR GOT SOMEGOOD NEWS..SHES BEENAPPROVED..SHE THINKS WEMIGHT HAVE HADSOMETHING TO DOWITH IT..55 I WAS LIKE CRYINGWHEN WE GOT OFFTHE PHONE ..I DONT WANT TO GETEXCITED BUT I FEELLIKE THEY DIDSOMETHING ..SHE WAS LIKE YUP..THEY DIFINITELY DIDSOMETHING THISDOES HIGH-LIGHT ANISSUE..TAYLOR NEVER GAVEUP FIGHTING FORBENEFITS..BUT SOME HAVE..1:14 CALL THEM ANDMAKE SURE YOUWRITE DOWN WHATYOU ARE SUPPOSE TOWRITE DOWN ..AND JUST KEEP FILING..I KNOW A LOT OF MYFRIENDS STOPPEDFILING AND NOW THEYFINALLY GOT IT ANDTHEY ARE ONLYGETTING THE WEEKSTHAT THEY FILED.IN A PRESSCONFERENCE TODAYHEAD OF THEDEPARTMENT OFLABOR JOHN ALBINSAID MANY CLAIMSARE DENIED BECAUSEPEOPLE ARENTFOLLOWINGINSTRUCTIONS ..40 WHEN A CLAIMANTFILES THAT THEY HAVETO FILE A WEEKLYCERTIFICATION OFELEBILITY BECAUSETHATS THE WAYUNEMPLOYMENTPROGRAMS AREDESIGNED FORTAYLOR..SHE HAS SOMESIMPLE ADVICE..1:29 DONT GIVE UP..I HAVE 9 WEEKS OFBACK-PAY THAT THEYHAVE TO PAY NOW..JEFF VAN SANT 3NEWS NOW..THE LABORCOMMISSIONERTODAY ALSOEMPHASIZED THATPEOPLE WHO REFUSETO RETURN TO WORKCAN'T CONTINUE TOTAKEUNEMPLOYMENT...BUT HE TOLD 3 NEWSNOW THAT THOSEWITH UNDERLYINGCONDITIONS AND ADOCTOR'S NOTECOULD CONTINUE TORECEIVEUNEMPLOYMENT,EVEN IF THEEMPLOYER REPORTSTHAT THEY QUIT.FOR MORE ON THISSTORY AND ALL OURINVESTIGATIVE TEAM'SSTORIES..GO TO OUR WEBSITE...3 NEWS NOW DOTCOM.IF YOU HAVE A STORYIDEA FOR THEM, EMAILIT TO INVESTIGATE AT3 NEWS NOW DOTCOM.