Unemployment Benefits

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.

If the appeal is to reclaim your job, contact the HR department of the employer or its equivalent. If it is to appeal your qualifications for getting unemployment benefits, ask the employment security office where you were denied the benefits.

Unemployment benefits are unaffected by severance or termination pay in Missouri. See the Related Link below for details, under "Will other income reduce my benefits."

Yes, if you meet the California's eligibility requirements.

Each state has its own requirements, but there is a clue, in that most require a work history in the first 4 of the last 5 completed calendar quarters before the filing date.. They then have requirements about what period in that base period you had to have earnings. The earlier you apply, the better, but for clarification, contact your state's employment security office for information on your state.

ALL of it, of course!

If you file for unemployment and are not able to work, then you will be ineligible for benefits. However, if you are currently receiving benefits and become disabled, then yes...you would be flagged in their system to continue with benefits. It is a process because once you notify them of your disability, then your benefits will be placed on hold, you will be sent medical documentation for your Doctor to fill out, and return. The unemployment office will only know if you are disabled if you tell them.

no

People claim certain allowances called benefits.

You would file in Rhode Island, the "liable state", because it is the one who collected unemployment taxes from your employer.

No it does not hinder nor help

A disability insurance policy can have two main categories of benefits: base benefit and supplemental benefit. Only the supplemental disability benefit can be reduced or offset by any other benefits received (including SS disability, Workers' Comp, or any other employer benefits). The base benefit will not be offset by any other benefits received.

No. It is beyond what a company can require a worker to do. They might fire you or you quit, but their actions would not prevent you from being eligible for unemployment benefits.

Yes, but tread carefully! If you file a claim for unemployment, you may forfeit your severance pay. Your former employer may attach any proviso he wants to the severance pay (per the IDES claims office in Chicago). Employer may state in the severance agreement that if you file for unemployment, you forfeit all or part of your severance pay. Review your severance agreement carefully before filing a claim for unemployment in the State of Illinois!

According to IDES (Illinois Department of Employment Security) Rules, Section 2920.45:

"Amounts paid or payable to an individual for past services rendered by the individual to an employer or amounts paid or payable to an individual for pension or seniority rights lost upon separation or layoff shall be considered severance pay. Such pay shall not be considered wages payable or attributable with respect to the period subsequent to the individual's separation or layoff. Amounts paid or payable to the individual as severance pay shall not render the individual ineligible to receive benefits under Section 2920.5."

Please note though, that the definition of severance is somewhat specific.

Some examples given in the document to help clarify are:

"Example 1: An employer's separation pay program provides for a lump sum payment based on the length of service. The purpose of the payment is to allow the individual to maintain his standard of living while he seeks other work. The individual performs no services after his date of separation. This lump sum payment constitutes severance pay under this Section and hence is not disqualifying.

Example 2: The individual was notified that he was to be terminated from employment on April 17. The individual worked on the employer's premises until April 6 but performed incidental services to the employer from April 6 through April 17 by telephone in training a replacement. The wages received from April 6 through April 17 are not severance pay. Because the individual performed some services and received wages for the period April 6 through April 17, he was not unemployed under Section 239 of the Act and hence not eligible for benefits under the Act."

For the full rules, visit the Related Link.

yes

Average check refers to the average amount of money spent by a customer on a single transaction at a restaurant or business. It is calculated by dividing the total revenue generated by the total number of transactions.

W-2 is a form, not a tax.

The form shows many things including income as defined by many different systems, many benefits (like retirement payments, housing benefits, personal use of car benefits, health, etc) and taxes that were withheld and paid to tax jurisdictions on behalf of the employee, and much more.

The state can deny you for numerous reasons such as;

Failure to attend UI hearings or provide information in a timely manner.

Employer stated that you quite or were terminated due to:

"Gross Misconduct"

Yes, it is possible. When your income is reduced from what your hiring was agreed to, you can be eligible for partial unemployment benefits. What needs to be determined by the state is whether the reason for the demotion disqualifies you.

yes and no. it is required for an employer to pay a certain percentage of your unemployment, but most employers have unemployment insurance that pays the claim. so the employer just pays his premium.

To receive unemployment, the state has to determine that you were laid off, voluntarily quit or fired from your job. So they contact the employer and question you to see the conditions of your termination. Lay offs usually immediately qualify unless the employer offered a voluntary lay off. Discharges or firings depend upon the situation as to whether you will be found eligible or not. Voluntary quits are harder to prove the situation was untenable but there are cases were you can be found eligible. Every situation is unique and treated as such.

The weekly benefits range from $32 to $275. The available credits for a claimant range from $850 to $7,150.