What do you mean five weeks' worth of payments? Please give exact date when he opened his claim. CA has a one-week waiting period. Then, CA pays biweekly (2 wks benefits) at a time.
If you began receiving money the beginning of May, you should have received at least seven weeks' benefits, as follows:
Two week period ending:
5/11 (1 wk waiting, 1 wk pd)
5/25 (2 wks)
6/08 (2 wks)
6/22 (2 wks)
Which is a total of seven weeks.
CA is slower these days in paying and other things, because their workers have reduced hours due to budget issues. If you haven't received a notice that the claim has been contested, for now, it may be just a delay in CA's processing.
Otherwise, call CA - start dialing in early a.m., and keep dialing until you're put in a queue. If you use 800 no., 5-1-1-0 or 5-5-1-0 will usually get you through. Or, read last few pages of this thread:
https://www.city-data.com/forum/unemp...alifornia.html
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