Unemployment Benefits

In order to qualify for unemployment benefits, an individual must have worked long enough to meet the monetary requirement of the state and be totally or partially separated from employment. If determined eligible for benefits, an individual must then meet the availability requirements of the state. Unemployment law varies from state to state.

Because the answer here would be too complex, it's best to check with your own state's employment security office or their website for eligibility regarding how you left employment, as well as the monetary and non-monetary requirements for benefits.

No. They are separate, independent programs that are not affect by the other. You can be eligible for both at the same time as long as you qualify for each of them.

If you voluntarily leave your job, and are not laid off, then you are not eligible for unemployment. Also, while on unemployment, you must keep records of your job search that show you are looking. One of the things you verify when you call in weekly is that you are looking for work and are available to work. If not, you run the chance of having to repay the funds.

It depends on the laws of the state you work in. Most do not consider it eligible. Most also require wages earned in at least 2 of the 4 of the first 5 completed calendar quarters to be eligible

Yes your unemployment benefits will be taxable income in Georgia on your federal 1040 income tax return the first 2400 of your unemployment compensation that you received in the year 2009 will not subject to the federal income tax return.

In the state of Maryland, you are allowed to make up to $100 per week.

Reasons to qualify are located on page 25 of the Guide in the Related Link below.

No! You can not receive unemployment benefits in any state if you are fired for drugs. Your former employer will be asked by the employment office the reason why you were fired and drugs is not an excusable reason to allow benefits. Most excusable reasons are for illness causing you to miss work or deaths in the family in which you are gone from work longer then the allotted time given. Or if you were let go due to not performing your job in the way required (Example) not fast enough for this particular position.However, that is not the end of the story. Your employer may tell the unemployment people about the mj or they may not. They may not have enough information to prove their justification for firing you. If you appeal the denial of benefits, most of the time the employer will not continue to oppose your benefits.

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The maximum amounts not only are determined by the individual states, but it also depends on the qualifying workers history, wages earned, number of dependents (in some cases), etc.

Of course! Any income regardless of where it came from, is taxable income. Period.

Most states no longer penalize Social Security recipients with unemployment offsets, but five states -- Illinois, Louisiana, South Dakota, Utah and Virginia -- currently reduce weekly unemployment benefits by 50% of your prorated monthly Social Security check.

South Dakota and Virginia have repealed their offset laws, but still have a provision allowing them to deduct Social Security benefits from unemployment checks when state unemployment funds fall below a pre-determined threshold. The long recession and high unemployment rate triggered the offset in both states.

$450/week + $25/week stimulus.

Unemployment compensation has been subject to Federal Income taxes so far and there is no indication it will be different in 2010. Having said that, anything is possible.

While benefits will vary from one jurisdiction to another, the duration of benefits usually range from 12 to 30 weeks, and may cover up to 50% of the persons previous wages up to a limit of about $500 per week.

No. They are independent and separate programs.

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I'm not an attorney, but generally any benefit payments from retirement/unemployment/social security/disability cannot be garnished.

however, creditors will try to bank levy you in this situation.

the trick is don't deposit any money where your benefits go, other than the benefits.

A bank levy can be a tricky form of garnishment in this case.

if you put any money into a particular account besides your benefits, then they can levy the entire account.

maybe keep a separate account JUST for your benefits and take care never to make any deposit, other than the check or direct deposit from your benefits. You may stil get levied on that account, but you can prove it was benefits only and get your money back.

I believe you can............ No you Can't at least this is from experience in PA

They are inversely related. High unemployment means lots of people don't have jobs. Because they don't have jobs their incomes are low. Low incomes means they can't spend much money on products. This means that demand in the economy will fall. This fall in demand will drive producers to lower prices...and therefore inflation falls.

So...

High unemployment = low inflation

Low unemloyment = higher inflation

If you ever worked in a company and all of a sudden your manager/supervisor told you "Don't bother coming in tomorrow. The company does not need your services anymore" Then you are thinking why I did nothing wrong to not come in. That is when you areunemployed. You receive paychecks from a company and you will report your earnings to the unemployment office

You could take money out of your IRA at any time (well, maybe, it depends on the exact form of the IRA, so you might want to talk with a tax professional and/or investment counselor first), but if you do so before retirement there are penalties (in the form of extra taxes) for doing so. If you're getting regular payments from your IRA, that implies you're "retired", thus not actually looking for work and therefore ineligible for unemployment compensation.