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Answer:YES you can. According to the Social Security Administration Related Link below the SS benefits are not affected by the unemployment benefit. It has a link to a map where you can look up individual states and their programs. Another link, (pages 7 & 8) shows only 4 states (not including Florida) offset the unemployment by the Social Security benefits.

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If you were working & laid off for no fault of your own, you are qualified for unemployment even if you are drawing social security and/or a pension! That is assuming you are 62/65 years old. If not, I'm not sure.

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Yes, because unemployment and Social Security are not in contradiction, as would be Social Security Disability.

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The two programs are different. Social Security is a Federal program that you pay into from your paycheck, as does the employer, and you are eligible to receive after you turn 62 (unless earlier due to being disabled, which is covered under a different part of the program). The longer you delay receiving Social Security the larger the monthly benefit you would get. The amount you receive depends on your age, how many 'quarters' you worked, and the amount of your earnings.

On the other hand, unemployment security, a state program, comes from contributions paid into the program by the employer and the amount he pays in is a percentage of his payroll based on the employer's turn-over rate of employees (the lower the turn-over, the lower the percentage). This way the employer is encouraged to retain employees in order to reduce his costs. The employee, generally, receives unemployment from the state's collected 'employer's unemployment contribution pool', IF he was laid off, i.e. reduction in staff, etc., or was fired without cause (not caught stealing, harassment, drugs, etc.), or other reasons not due to his own actions. Thus you can both draw Social Security while still working (as I had done) or if drawing unemployment because the reason for drawing both are different, from different government agencies, and for different causes.

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If you are at least 62 years of age, you may apply for your Social Security benefits if you have worked a total of 10 years in jobs in which you have paid Social Security taxes. The amount of your benefit will be reduced from the amount you would be entitled to if you waited until you were 66 years old. The reduction would be 5/9ths of one percent for each month you were younger than 66 when you apply for benefits.

The unemployment benefits would not affect your Social Security benefits. However, if you do find another job and begin work before age 65, your benefit would be reduced by $1 for every $2 you earned above $12,960 a year. If you continue to work after age 66, your benefit would be reduced by $1 for every $3 you earned above $34,440 until you reach age 70. After that, there is no reduction beyond the original reduction because of taking benefits early

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Yes, as long as you qualify for each of them individually.

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Yes, as long as you qualify for each of them individually.

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Yes you can, as long as you qualify for each of them individually.

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Yes, as long as you qualify for both of them individually.

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