Waiting 14 weeks on my first unemployment payment - 14 weeks in

I was laid off as a forklift operator and filed right away, and I have been certifying every week. I worked as a forklift operator before this. The page shows my claim as open but no payment date. What would you check first?

Thanks for writing this out. I went through something close to it 10 months ago, and it settled down once I kept a simple log of every call and form.