I’ve worked through an agency for about 2.8 years and I’ve recently been laid off. NJ unemployment office is requesting copies of my paystubs from 2021-2022.
I was once able to access my paystubs digitally through an online portal, but my agency was acquired by another agency in the summer of 2022, and I’m no longer able to.
I’ve reached out to the payroll departments of both companies and neither have been able to provide me copies of my pay stubs from said time and have sent me on a wild goose chase. I mean it’s literally 6 different email threads with 6+ people CC’ed all from payroll and operations and no one knows where this information is.
Isn’t this wildly illegal? I need some advice because if I don’t get this information to unemployment they will deny my claim and I won’t be able to pay my bills.