Unemployment Benefits

No. They are 2 separate programs altogether. Social Security is run by the Federal Government and unemployment, although under Federal law, is administered by the states and funding comes from the states assessing the the state's businesses based on the business' labor turnover rates. Therefore, neither program is affected by the operation of the other.

Benefits are paid by the state from a special fund. The fund gets its money from employers, who pay a tax specifically for this program. The funding mechanism is very different from a system such as workers' compensation, in which an employee receives payments directly from an employer through the employer's insurance company. It is also different from benefit programs that use state general fund money. The fund that pays unemployment insurance benefits is not available for other purposes.

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Yes, but drawing Social Security by itself does not mean you have to accept partial unemployment instead of full benefits.

Yes, you can, as long as you do not make more than your weekly benefit amount after reducing by $25 or 25% of your wages payable, whichever is greater and you only work part time. Your weekly benefit check will be reduced by the remaining amount.

Such work can be either in employment or self-employment, and earnings from such work are deductible from the weekly benefit amount.

So this means if your weekly benefit amount is $100, you could make $125 in a week and not lose unemployment insurance.

After you qualify for unemployment compensation they determine your weekly benefits, and the maximum you could earn, because the minimum weekly benefit is $40, subtracting the greater amount ($25) from your earnings means you could have a MAXIMUM gross income of $65 per week. After subtracting the $25, leaves $40, which subtracted from your benefit of $40, gives you $0 benefits for that week, but $65 from the job.

The maximum of $450 benefits payable weekly means you could earn $450 plus 25% of earnings or a MAXIMUM of $600 per week. After subtracting the 25% ($150) and $450 from your earnings leaves you with $0 benefits for that week, but $600 from the job. Another example: If your benefit was $450 per week and you earned $500 in a week, subtract 25% of 500 ($125) from $500. The $375 left is deducted from your $450 benefit, giving you $75 from your benefit, or a total of$575 from both sources

You can draw both unemployment and Social Security in all 50 states.

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Sometimes, people are surprised to find out that their social security benefits are taxable. For the person who may only make $30,000 a year and receive social security benefits, getting taxed on these benefits can be a huge burden. To avoid any unfortunate surprises, some tax planning is required on the part of an individual. You can prepare for any taxes on social security benefits by having a portion of your social security benefits withheld from a paycheck. There are different amounts of money you may choose to have withheld from a paycheck. You may choose to have anywhere between 7% to 25% of your benefits withheld.

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So what if your weekly benefit rate is $306? That means you could work part time and earn up to $305.99 per week and still collect your full weekly unemployment benefits? You can earn up to 20% of your weekly benefit without any reduction in benefit, After that, the benefit is reduced by the amount earned in excess of 20%. So, if your weekly benefit was $306, you could earn up to $61.20 and still receive the full $306 benefit. If you earned $62.20 (one dollar more than 20% of the benefit), you would receive $305 in unemployment benefits (the full benefit reduced by one dollar). If you earned $305.99, your benefit would be reduced by $244.79 (305.99-61.20) and you would receive a benefit of $61.21 (306-244.79).

Unless there is an agreement between the state and the employer, the state pays unemployment compensation and each state sets its own minimum and maximum amounts payable to the claimant. What the employer DOES pay is a payroll (unemployment) tax to the state that covers unemployment and is based on the employer's payroll, turnover rate of employees, etc.

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Florida does not have state disability benefits.

You can get private disability coverage in Florida. Check your policy to see the integration language relating to social security disability. You can collect on both policies at the same time, however the private policies will offset the benefit to a varying degree.

Although laws vary from state to state, many states require that you earned a defined amount of wages (typically referred to as bona fide wages) with your most recent separating employer for that separation to be considered. You should determine what that formula is for the state in which you are filing. If you did not earn sufficient wages to be considered bona fide with the employer where you worked three months, then separation information would be obtained from the employer where you last earned the qualifying wages. If you did earn bona fide wages with the employer where you worked three months, and you have an employment history that defines you as monetarily eligible (check with the state to see the specific requirements for monetary eligibility), and were separated due to no fault of your own, then you should meet all requirements to receive benefits and the length of the employment does not matter.

It depends on the reason for quitting and the reason for the move. If it meets Nevada's rules in both cases, then yes.

It is, in most, if not all, the states.

Yes, an individual is eligible to receive unemployment (if he or she meets the criteria to qualify for unemployment) from a previous job while living in another state. However, unless you quit your job for good cause, quitting a job is a disqualifying factor when applying for unemployment.

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Workers who are qualified for unemployment insurance benefits and move to another state are still qualified to collect benefits even after they move. This is because every state participates in the federal interstate Benefit Payment Plan. BUT you must follow the proper procedures to qualify for benefits and receive payments in a timely manner.

You must be approved in the state you were laid off in and the benefits will continue to be paid from that same state.

Yes, it may differ state to state so I would check your state's department of economical services, unemployment compensation. You need to file with the state you worked in. For example, if you lived and worked in Arizona, and then moved to Missouri, you would need to file with Arizona to send your payments to Missouri. The only snag you may hit is the requirement of job hunting. They cannot make you go to their labor department, so that may cause a denial, but I would reapply if that happens, you can always just fax or mail in the info from your job searches.

Well, it depends on if you were fired or if you left voluntary, I left NY to come to GA in 1994, and I left under some pretty stressful circumstances, but because I left my jobs voluntarily I did not get unemployment from NY, but when I was fired in 2005 by a major wholesale company in CA, I was able to get the unemployment when I moved to GA, I had to fight for it, but I got it! So whatever state you left, make sure you check on-line or by calling the labor dept to find out if you are able to get your unemployment. All I can say is good luck to you, it took me approximately 6 months to finally get a check.

Yes you can, as long as you qualified in the state you worked in and cleared with them that you were moving and complied with their conditions.

The US Dept. of Labor says that you must be unemployed through no fault of your own and that is determined by particular State laws. Depending on that state law, to quit to move somewhere else is not "through no fault of your own". Some states do allow unemployment benefits if you quit for non-job related reasons (i.e. spouse relocation, military, domestic violence issues, etc.) The Related Link below gives many facts about unemployment laws and rules. Mainly, check with your own State's unemployment office for clarification in your state.

I don't know about your state. But here in NC if you quit your job, your are not eligible for any unemployment. You are eligible only if you are fired or laid off.

You lose your money, your family can't eat, you can't pay taxes ,and you can't buy or rent anything and, of course, that's not counting gas , so you need to get a job as soon as you can. to survive!

There is a lot of things that the unemployment office will look into. First, you will be set up with an adjudication interview and you will be able to explain the situation. Your previous employer and sometimes the next to last employer will be contacted during this interview. Since you quit, you need to establish good cause for quitting and that you exhausted all possible resources prior to quitting. For example, if your spouse was ill and you quit your job to care for him/her, then to exhaust all resources you should have went to HR to ask for a leave of absence or time off or to change your schedule, etc. You have to prove that you did everything that you could prior to quitting. You also have to be able to prove that you did all of this...you need names, times, paperwork, etc. This information will be verified. If you did not exhaust all possible resources, you will be denied. If you are found to be approved for benefits, then the adjudicator will look into your availability. If you care for this person 24/7, then they will deny you based on your availability since you are not able to work full-time, which is a requirement for unemployment benefits.

I'm not sure that the unemployment people wouldn't look at your situation VERY CLOSELY! It certainly sounds as if it is ripe for abuse by your being paid "under the table." Hardly anybody continues working for no salary or remuneration of some type, unless (perhaps) it is a family business and you are one of the family members. Think it over if you don't want them poking around in your affairs.

When your benefit year runs out you can apply for an extension. The unemployment office will determine if you qualify and should apply for the federal or state extended benefits. The best thing to do is to contact your local unemployment office to determine what the next step is.

It depends on the type of Social Security benefits the minor receives. Disability benefits would mean he is unable to work.

The state you live in will not impact your eligibility to receive Disability benefits from a Long-Term disability policy. Therefore, Yes you are able to collect Long-Term Disability (LTD) benefits while receiving Social Security (SS) benefits.

To be more specific though, whether or not you actually receive benefits from your LTD policy will have everything to do with the wording in the contract. If you have group coverage through work, then it is likely that any benefits you receive from Social Security will offset the benefits payable through your LTD plan dollar-for-dollar. In this situation, even though you are able to receive LTD from your company policy, you may not actually receive any from it if you are receiving Social Security benefits equivalent or higher than the monthly benefit it provides. The same consequences apply for Federal Government employees as through the FERS program. Additionally, if you own an individual policy that has Social Insurance offset benefits, then theses benefits will also be offset dollar-for-dollar.

If you own an individual LTD policy that does not have Social Insurance benefits than you would be able to collect on Social Security benefits and 100% of the benefits provided through your LTD policy.

This is actually one of the main reasons why individual LTD coverage is much better than group coverage.

You can FILE for unemployment benefits but they will be paid only for the period when you were available for work. For example, if you were hospitalized between 8/01/2014 and 08/15/2014, came home and felt you could return to work on 08/20/2014, your 'waiting period' would start on 08/20/2014 (you should obtain a return to work note from your doctor).