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When workers are laid off should they be able to collect unemployment benefits until they find a new job?
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When workers are laid off, equity considerations argue for the unemployment benefits system to provide them with some income until they can find new jobs. After all, no one plans to be laid off, so unemployment benefits are a form of insurance. But there's an efficiency problem: why work if you can get income for doing nothing? The economy isn't operating efficiently if people remain unemployed for a long time, and unemployment benefits encourage unemployment. Thus, there's a trade-off between equity and efficiency. The more generous are unemployment benefits, the less income is lost by an unemployed person, but the more that person is encouraged to remain unemployed. So greater equity reduces efficiency.
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If I have an open claim at a company and take a new job can I still receive workman's comp benefits?
Workers Compensation and unemployment benefits are two entirely different systems and so your workers compensation settlement should not hold any bearing on whether you can collect unemployment benefits. Unemployment benefits are not an automatic, however. To qualify for unemployment insurance benefits, a worker must: * Have worked a certain number of weeks during the year * Have earned a certain amount of money in the past year * Be actively looking for work * Be unemployed through no fault of his own
Can you collect unemployment after you've collected workers compensation if your job does not take you back because of restricted duity?
If you were on workers compensation and that ran out and then your old job did not take you back, you should be able to collect unemployment. However, you will need to apply for it. There are certain restrictions. You will need to go to the unemployment office and ask them rather than ask the internet.
Can you collect state disability after long term unemployment?
If you're currently disabled and unable to work, you should apply for disability income benefits through your state.
Can you claim unemployment in Colorado while on maternity leave?
You cannot collect unemployment while you collect wages, so if you are paid while on maternity leave, you probably cannot collect unemployment. You should contact the nearest office of the Colorado Department of Labor to know for certain. You can probably google "Colorado Department of Labor" and send them an email to ask. If you can collect unemployment you'll have to contact that office anyway, to get the paperwork.
Can a person collect unemployment benefits for maternity in Virginia?
In the case cited in the Related Links below, the claimant, because she followed protocal was allowed unemployment benefits in Virginia. You should check the regulations and also attempt to indicated you were intending to return to work, if they fired you. Merely being pregnant apparently does not entitle you to unemployment for pregnancy, however.
Can a care giver collect unemployment?
Questions about whether or not you can collect unemployment are best directed to your local unemployment office. The regulations vary by state.In general, if you were a caregiver working as an employee of a company then you probably can. If you were a caregiver working as an independent contractor then probably not. There's a way independent contractors can participate in the unemployment program, but if you had been doing that you would already know about it and wouldn't have asked your question.If you're a caregiver now, otherwise unemployed, and are wondering if you can still collect unemployment, then you may be able to collect some unemployment benefits. Again, you should contact your local unemployment office (you will almost certainly have to go in rather than calling) for details.
Can you collect unemployment when your own company files bankruptcy?
The company's going bankrupt should not affect your getting unemployment, The company paid (or should have) unemployment taxes to the state who, in turn, pays the benefits to claimants. Therefore it is the state you look to for relief.
Can you receive unemployment benefits if your company moved out of state?
In order to be eligible for unemployment you need to have been released from your job at no fault of your own. Your company moving out of the state would qualify in that category and provided that you meet the other requirements you should be eligible to collect unemployment while you are actively looking for work.
Can you collect unemployment if you move because of your husbands job?
If he was drawing unemployment and is now working, his unemployment benefits will stop when he reports the new job.If you are receiving unemployment your husband's new job will not affect your benefits.If you are now collecting unemployment and you want to continue, you should report the new address to the unemployment compensation office in the state you received your benefits from.Another answer:Some states allow you to collect your own unemployment if you follow your spouse,, due to his transfer, etc. Other do not allow for anything but work related issues. You need to dheck with the state you work in for clarification.
Can you collect unemployment benefits in California if you go out on strike?
According to the Employment Development Department, you are only eligible for unemployment if you are unemployed "through no fault of your own." Being on strike is considered a "fault of your own" in most cases even if you personally voted against the strike. However, you should file for unemployment benefits - or contact the unemployment agency - anyway as they will review each case individually. There is no downside to filing unemployment (do know that they will notify your employer) and the worst that can happen is that they will say "no"!
Can you collect unemployment if you are homeless?
You need an address to get unemployment, so if you are homeless how can you provide an address?Unemployed means actively looking for a job but has not been hired. Homeless should not be able to collect unemployment unless if they are actively looking
I'm on permanent layoff. If workers compensation should start to pay can I still draw unemployment?
Yes, your should still be able to draw unemployment in addition to workers comp. However, you should still check with your state.
