Can a convicted felon collect unemployment?

Answer 1

Of course they can as long as they have put in the required time employed and that their taxes were paid in by the employer. But you have to have been laid off or fired. You can not quit a job and expect to draw unemployment

Answer 2

Not while they are sentenced to and serving time in prison. Other than that, if they are released on parole or after serving their sentence, yes, like everyone else, they are not denied unemployment benefits

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Providing he meets all the criteria to collect unemployment compensation, there is no disqualification simply because of his status.

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Of course they can as long as they have put in the required time employed and that their taxes were paid in by the employer. But you have to have been laid off or fired. You can not quit a job and expect to draw unemployment

Answer 3

The Unemployment Office does not ask your criminal history. They are interested solely on if you qualify based on your previous work history. They also look at if you are qualified based on your ability to seek and accept immediate full time work and that you are looking for suitable work. Keep a work search log in case they request a copy. Also, you do not qualify for unemployment if you lost your job due to being incarcerated. You are also not eligible for unemployment if you are in jail and not able to accept immediate work.

Answer 4

The unemployment laws address time and earnings made, not past felon records. Because you have to have information on employment for the past 18 months (and had to work in the first 4 quarters of the last 5 completed quarters of the calendar year), an ex-felon could have difficulty if his release and total incarceration was in this time frame. All other normal criteria on unemployment still applies as well.

Answer 5

Not if you are incarcerated. To be eligible to collect unemplopyment compensation you must be able to show that you are actively, and currently, engaged in looking for employment. If you are in jail/prison, obviously you are not.

Answer 6

It has nothing to do with a felony conviction.

You can only apply for unemployment benefits within a very limited period of time after losing your most recent paid job. This time is much much shorter than the shortest possible prison term. Also if you did apply for unemployment benefits within the time limit and got them, you must be actively looking for jobs to collect (which you cannot do in prison) and the benefits automatically end if you have not looked for a job for a certain limited period of time.

So no, you cannot collect unemployment benefits on release from prison because you have not had a recent paid job, but you can if after release you get a job and hold it long enough to qualify then lose that job; then yes, you can then apply for and collect unemployment benefits, regardless of why you were in prison.

Answer 7

Depends on which state you are in , but not usually.

Answer 8

Yes I am a convicted Felon in Florida and I draw unemployment