Collecting unemployment requires being ready, willing, able and available for full time employment and seeking work. If your 'retirement' allows this then yes, otherwise, no. Also, you have to qualify for the unemployment regarding monies, earned employment history, reason for leaving the last job, etc.
If your teacher's retirement is classified as a pension, you need to contact your unemployment office for clarification. Certain pensions may reduce the amount of unemployment benefits a person receives.
Yes, if you qualify for both.
It is possible to receive unemployment and a pension in California under certain conditions specified in Section 1255.3 . You will receive full unemployment benefits if you contributed to the pension fund that is being distributed. (Examples for Federal Benefits include Social Security, Railroad Retirement and the Civil Service Retirement System CSRS, and FERS) Plans that did not require any employee contribution are not exempt and will have unemployment benefits reduced by the amount of the payment. For the complete California law go to the Related Link below. Yes, you can collect California unemployment benefits when you have a pension. However, according to the Pension or Retirement; A. Pension Law - Section 1255.3 (a), found in the Related Link below, the benefit shall be reduced, but not below 0, by an amount of the pension attributable to the benefits in that week. This is correct but I would follow up this answer with what if you started receiving pension from previous employers from 10 years back and is not the base employer. Will this too be deducted from your UI? Thanks
Yes. Each week when you complete your unemployment certification, you are certifying that you aren't receiving pension benefits. If you are receiving both, it will eventually catch up with you ad you'll get a notice of overpayment of unemployment benefits. I know it's frustrating.
Yes.
In order to collect unemployment benefits, you must be physically able to work. In order to get disability benefits, you must NOT be able to work. So you can't have it both ways.
Yes, you can collect them both at the same time.
Yes, you can collect both Social Security and unemployment benefits at the same time in Utah, but the state will offset your weekly unemployment check by 50% of the weekly value of your Social Security payments.
Yes, if you were fired or laid off you can collect unemployment & it doesn't matter if you're drawing Social Security.
I'm in Alabama, when you file your weekly claim it ask if you have become eligible for or has your pension amout changed. I took my pesion as a lump sum but on the claim it only gives an option of what the monthly amount of your pension would be-which mine would be around $12.45, so that's what I submitted in the claim Sunday. I didn't get any unemployment this week. I'm trying to find out if I will continue to get it or not, but its hard to get to talk to anyone when you try to call.
Generally you can collect both a pension and unemployment benefits, but the unemployment is usually offset by the equivalent weekly pension benefits. Each state has its own criteria regarding whether or not pensions are allowable along with unemployment, and those that do, specify only that portion of the pension the worker contributed to is not considered in the formula for offset. You also must comply with the other rules, such as ready, able, willing, and actively searching for full time employment, etc. Check with your own state for its criteria.
I am 63 and collecting deceased widows benefits through Social Security. I have been recently been terminated from my employment. Can I collect both SS and unemployment?