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Your unemployment benefits, for the week you receive the lump sum severance, will be deducted by the amount of the payment, from your benefits. Otherwise, it will have no effect. See the Related Link below.
Generally you will be disqualified for the amount of time that you receive severance. For example, if your weekly benefits are $400 a week and you earned $1200 severance, then you will be disqualified for a month.
If you take a continuous pay severance, unemployment would start when that ends, if you take a lump sum severance from your employer you can stare unemployment benefits a week after your job ends.
In my case, I was allowed 6 months of pay. Then Minnesota is going to take 50% of that pay for state taxes. The rate is higher because its a severance that is paid in one lump sum. When you accept severance pay, you have to wait until the pay has run out (6 months in my case), before you can apply for unemployment insurance. -Minnesota
: I found out part of this answer...if you file before your severance is fully paid out, you risk having unemployment not give you benefits for those weeks. Additionally, those weeks will be 'wasted'since a claim begins on the week filing takes place. Also important, if you are awarded from unemployment say, $12,000 and you filed before severance is complete, they will reduce your benefit amount by the amount of your severance. For instance, if you're getting $3,000 in severance, unemployment will reduce your total claim to $9,000. : However, some employers' severance is not considered as such by unemployment...there is an investigation and it may be determined that these wages are not technically severance after all. The above info was obtained by an unemployment representative. This same answer was posted by me in the discussion area as well...it would be interesting to see any other information on this subject.
It is, in most, if not all, the states.
Yes, you can collect after the severance pay ends. Refer to the Related link below under %65.102 "Application of the deductions - (k). The deductions also only occur from the benefits in the week actually received.
I did. I received lump sum severance and collected unemployment in NYC. Of course, the regular one week waiting period for unemployment still goes so make sure to apply immediately. Actually, if you think about it, a lump sum payment is really part of your compensation package, so as long you don't keep receiving a paycheck after that, then why shouldn't you be entitled to unemployment like everyone else? I imagine it would be different if you cotinue to receive a paycheck every week for a specified amount of time after you were let go though...
In Florida, the maximum amount of money that can be earned per week for unemployment is $275. The maximum number of weeks this can be collected varies depending on the unemployment rates in the state.
The states vary widely on this question. Some ignore it, others consider it in the week received, and still others have to determine the exact motive behind the payment of it. You need to check with your own state's employment office for a definitive answer.
In most cases it will, and then generally only in the same week you receive both it and the unemployment benefit. As each state has their own codes regarding this, it's best to contact your own state's employment security office.
Check out the article titled "Wages" in the Related Link below. Severance pay may be considered part of the 'wages' you receive and the timing of when received may be very important either beneficial or not. There is generally a waiting period of 7 days, and then you receive benefits 7 days after approval.