How does working part-time while collecting florida unemployment affect your benefits?

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How does working part-time while collecting florida unemployment affect your benefits?

by george
(jax bch, fl)

A worker will lose their job as the office she works in is closing down. if she can pick up part time work
how does that effect her unemployment compensation. the work would entail 3 weeks (one at a time) from aug
15- 12-31/09. thanks, george

Hi George,

The effect of working part time while collecting unemployment benefits is that you are required to report earnings in and for any week you file a continued claim.

Florida will work their magic formula to determine how much they will need to reduce the benefit amount. I provide the source for this formula on the page about how much unemployment pays.

Beyond that, when a state notices that you worked one week and didn't the next week, it may raise an issue they think needs to be investigated to make sure you didn't quit a job without good cause. They do this to combat unemployment fraud.

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How does working part-time while collecting florida unemployment affect your benefits?

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Sep 01, 2010

They will take your unemployment benefits AWAY
by: Anonymous

I got a VERY part-time job at a retail shop while collecting unemployment. It was literally 3-4 hours a week at $8.10 per hour! Not exactly what I was making as a former senior level marketing professional. I took the work merely to meet others and to get out there while continuing to look for work in my field.
I was honest and forthcoming and I declared the hours on my claim form online. All $60 of it.

What did Florida Unemployment do? They stopped ALL my benefits. I got NOTHING. I am now waiting 3 weeks and all I've made in that time is $60. They will PUNISH you for working at all.

Take my advice: DO NOT take a part-time job unless it is equal to the amount you are making thru unemployment because they will take your benefits AWAY without any warning whatsoever. Just GONE. I am in bad shape now because of this. VERY bad shape.

Hi Anonymous,

Did they send you a determination which stated the reason for the stoppage of benefits so you could appeal?

It's almost impossible to do anything about anything .. unemployment unless you have an "appealable determination" to appeal or request a re-determination.

I can assume, as a senior level marketing professional, you were collecting Florida's max benefit amount.

If you earned 60 dollars in one week, 8 X the Federal Minimum wage should first, be disregarded (Chart 3-8)

7.25 X 8 = 58.00 .. your benefit check should have been reduced by two dollars.

So I can come up with two conclusions.

Florida has some kind of stall and hold tactic they are using .. or you answered one of the other questions on the continuing claim form in such a way as to raise an eligibility issue.

So, what have you done in an attempt to fix the problem? Because if the problem is in fact, the first of the two conclusions .. Florida needs a swift kick.

Someone should start a letter writing campaign because there is some weirder S**T than this going on .. even by my standard of the usual weird s**t.

Other people have had luck getting quick resolution by complaints to the office of the Chief Inspector General

Either way, I have my fingers crossed for you and wish you the best for your future and any effort you do put forth to resolve your problem with your partial unemployment benefits.

Apr 27, 2011

sol- florida claims system blows u off and gives no real help - back to sq 1
by: Anonymous

Florida did the same to me I started working a prn job because that is all that is available in my line of work and one week I worked(trained) then I worked one day 12 hour shift the next week I did not work and they cut my benefits(they make it very near impossible to get your benefits info straight) I called and waited for hours to get on phone mind you i have been trying to get an operator for a week. So I get one she tells me i need to file another claim(i should have been on eb already ??? ) i attempt to do that on phone then I get another operator that says its been done already and i haven't gotten check because i ran out of money on previous claim.

how can i run out if my balance sais its 2800 and i'm on the eb?? so she says to go ahead and claim weeks its already set up. but no one can tell me about the week that i didn't work and i claimed and it magically disappeared into thin air.

I think they are cutting people off after they say they start working and blow them off.

Hi .. this little factoid is for anyone beginning a new benefit year.

Whether a brand new claim for unemployment benefits or a second benefit year that you will be collecting extended benefits .. a one week waiting period will apply if your state has one.

It's required in many state laws that you go unpaid by employer or state for one week when filing for a new benefit year.

The system keeps this all convoluted because that causes confusion .. and when people are confused .. they make mistakes that provide reasons to cut off benefits.

People tend to "assume" things that they think make sense .. at least to them.

Assumption is an enemy of anything that is legal in nature .. and unemployment benefits are entirely legalistic .. including statutory provisions about one week waiting periods.

Ignorance about unemployment benefits is only bliss .. if you don't need them.

Chris

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