Yes, you can. Refer to the article "How will part time work affect my payments" in the related Link below.
The main benefit of being an independent contractor is freedom. Other benefits include tax benefits.
I currently collecting unemployment and will be eligible for SS in a month. May I apply for my Social Sucurity while I am collecting unemployment?
No. Under the heading "You may be ineligible to receive benefits if:" in the Related Link below, self-employed persons may not be eligible.
No. You can collect under both programs because they are independent of each other.
You should first contact your employment security office because the employer is relieving himself from the liability of paying payroll taxes that support the state's unemployment funding. Independent contractors cannot receive unemployment benefits by the definition in labor law. If an employer controls the conditions of your work (i.e.hours, workplace, conditions, requirements, etc.) you are an employee, NOT an independent contractor.
Someone who lost a payroll employee job, and otherwise qualifies for UI benefits, gets UI and then becomes an independent contractor somewhere else? No problem. She must report all income earned, and may have UI benefits offset. Someone WAS a non-employee contractor, and lost the assignment? Zero UI benefits from the lost assignment: she was never an employee. Employers pay no UI tax on non-employees, so they get no benefits.
Yes. They are independent programs that do not affect each other so you can collect both at the same time.
Yes, as long as you comply with Florida's regulations concerning the move.
According to the US Department of Labor, about 8.9 million people were collecting unemployment benefits as of the week ending November 13, 2010.
You can only collect unemployment benefits from the "liable state", where the employer paid unemployment taxes, so Missouri would not pay you benefits, as you described it.
Yes you most certainly can.
No. They are separate, independent programs that are not affect by the other. You can be eligible for both at the same time as long as you qualify for each of them.