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According to the Social Security Administration, each state makes its own rules with regard to paying unemployment compensation to laid-off Social Security recipients. In most cases, the answer is yes, you are eligible to receive unemployment benefits while drawing Social Security, but your benefits may be reduced or offset by a portion of your Social Security check.

Receipt of any type of Social Security benefit must be reported to your state's Department of Labor Unemployment Compensation Service at the time you apply for unemployment compensation.

Contact your local unemployment office for more specific information.

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Yes. If you lost your job and are entitled to unemployment benefits, due to the manner in which you lost your job, then by all means collect unemployment. Merely because being over 65 years old and eligible to draw Social Security does not mean you are required to draw it. Postpone drawing for as long as you can as the benefits will not decrease nor go away.

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No, and yes. You cannot draw unemployment benefits AND retire as you have to be actively seeking full time employment, for one thing. However, you CAN receive Social Security benefits whether you are unemployed OR retired. Those 2 considerations do not affect receipt of Social Security.

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

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

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Q: Can a person over the age of 65 who has been drawing Social Security while working collect both unemployment and Social Security benefits if the person is laid off?
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