Good news/bad news

I have a former co-worker who relocated to Phoenix. Her FIL works for the NC Employment Commission. He looked into hub's case, explained what happened, and told us what to include with the appeal. He spoke with the appeals department and they are confident his claim will be approved on appeal. The bad news is that they are (as you can imagine) seriously backlogged and it will likely be "several weeks" before he begins collecting unemployment. Sigh.

Thank goodness we knew someone to ask who could help us.