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You have to be able, willing, and looking for work, to receive unemployment compensation benefits.
No, not in most schools.
The maximum unemployment benefit you can receive in the state of Virginia is $358. In order to receive this amount you have to have worked and earned an acceptable amount of money in the qualifying quarters.
Yes, you will still be able to receive unemployment. I am not sure if the amount of severence has anything to do with it though. I received a severence and still qualified for max unemployment benefits.
Arizona's maximum unemployment benefit is $240 per week.
No. They are considered an excluded class because they were not employees of a private company
No, Social Security benefits will not reduce unemployment compensation. They are 2 different programs and do not affect each other.
No. If you qualify under each program's guidelines, you will receive a full check for both Social Security and unemployment. Michigan no longer offsets unemployment compensation when you receive Social Security income.
Yes, taxes come out of everything!
The Supreme Court recently allowed a group of illegal immigrants to receive worker's compensation so most likely, they can receive it.
Unemployment compensation amounts that are received during the year is added to all of your gross income for the year taxed at your marginal tax rate on federal 1040 income tax return. You can choose not to have any federal income tax withheld from your unemployment compensation payment amount. For the 2009 tax year the first 2400 of unemployment compensation that was receive was exempt from the federal income tax on your 2009 1040 federal tax form.
It depends on the state. Some consider an "owned business" means "not unemployed." Others allow it if the income is reported and it complies with the terms of the unemployment compensation you receive. Check with your state's unemployment office for clarification.