Your spouse cannot collect benefits from your work record until you are collecting your benefits, so if you do not collect until your full retirement age, she cannot collect anything either.
Yes.
No, you do not have to be married to collect a retirement pension. Pension benefits are typically based on an individual's employment history and contributions to a pension plan, not marital status.
You can collect Social Security retirement benefits as early as age 62 in 2014, but they will only be approximately 75% of the amount you can collect at your full retirement age of 66, in 2018.
Absolutely. It is called your "Retirement Pension". You cannot collect "unemployment insurance" monies if you are retired.
No, you cannot collect Social Security benefits until you reach the minimum retirement age, which is currently 62.
You can collect full Social Security benefits at your full retirement age, which is typically between 66 and 67, depending on the year you were born.
Yes, you can collect unemployment benefits in California while receiving Social Security retirement benefits. However, your unemployment benefits may be affected by the amount of your Social Security income, as the state may reduce your unemployment payments based on your retirement benefits. It's advisable to check with the California Employment Development Department (EDD) for specific eligibility requirements and potential impacts on your benefits.
You cannot collect absolute retirement (meaning not returning to work) and unemployment benefits because the latter requires you to, among many things, continuously seek full time employment.
If you are referring to "defer retirement benefits" as meaning Social Security benefits, there is no need to defer the decision. As long as you can qualify for each of the benefits individually, you can collect both at the same time. They do not interfere with each other at all. Any other retirement programs would be handled by offsetting unemployment benefits by the employer paid portion of retirements on a weekly basis.
To collect retirement benefits from Kerr-McGee, contact their Human Resources department to inquire about the process. You may need to provide relevant personal and employment information to initiate the retirement payout. Follow their instructions and complete any necessary paperwork to start receiving your retirement benefits.
To collect pension benefits from your local union, contact your local union and ask them what the procedure is for applying for retirement from your particular union.