unemployment question

[Ljt09863]

to get unemployment, don't you have toi be totally unemployeed? no job period? or am i wrong? is it under a certain amount of hours that you can still get umemployment?


as sme know, fiancee got laid off, as did his mother. fiancee is going to file for unemployment, and his mother wants to as well. the only thing is, his mother still works 5 or 6 days a week at Kohls, usually five hours a shift. and,she recently started an at home business(that i personally think isn't very smart, but thats another story), so technically, she isn't unemployeed, right? the place she got laid off from was her day job. and wouldn't they include her husband when considering for unemployment? her husband makes around $26 an hour. and he works full time. i don't think it is even necessary to apply for unemployment, when there are others out there who can use it more than she could. doesn't it seem like she is just trying to get money for no reason, or is it just me? she is the type to do this.

i think she used her day job as a way to help pay for bills, and hernight job for extra things that she might want. but, if she really needs to, all she has to do is use her night job for bills now. and i realy don't think she is that strapped for money. she goes out a spends a bunch on junk, like she still has her day job.

im only ranting like this, because it seems like she is trying to get somthing she doesn't need, and making tax payers par for it.

[Becks]

I'm not sure if employment benefits, etc., change from state to state, but if you go to your state's website, there should be a way to find umployment information on there. I hope that I helped, even a tiny bit.

[tacohuman]

as becky said, the laws vary by state, but generally unemployment isn't paid for by taxpayers. it's paid by employers through state-mandated unemployment insurance. this is why a company can choose to fight when someone files for unemployment, because ulitmately it results in higher ui rates for the company.

in my state, they don't look at spousal income, and you can file for underemployment; that is, employment under a certain number of hours.

[Rahmota]

Well having been on unemployment in OHio I can give you a bit of info.

Your employer pays into the system a small percentage of your paycheck. This is why you have to ahve worked for your employer for a certain base number of hours/weeks before you can file for unemployment. This also determines your total draw fund which is how much unemployment you will get total.

When you file for unemplyment they look at you last pay rate and do some happy dance math that I cannot recall and figure out how much you will get each pay period from them. This is usually every two weeks. And when you run out of funds well thats too bad nice knowing you.

During the time you are drawing unemployment you CAN work. The thing is the more hours you work and the more you make the less they pay you form unemployment. ALL income generated from work including self employment counts against your total unemployment payment, but it does stretch out your total funds available. Child support and other such stuff doesnt count against it.

For example if you had 4,000$ available and was paid 250 every 2 weeks you could make up to 200 per pay period before they would say you are back to full employment and close your claim.

Hope this kinda helps. But you can go to your state's job services/unemployment bureau website for more clarification on how your state does it.