Unemployment benefits question

[Anonymous]

I am collecting unemployment for 5 months now. Been looking for job but nothing works out. My previous boss called me for a temporary job(6weeks only) twice a week. 8 hours a day. My question is since this is only 2 times a week. Will I still get full unemployment benefits or they will cut it off? I wanted to work but if they will discontinue my benefits then maybe not anymore since i wont be getting much on the temp job. And considering its only for 6 weeks. Thanks in advance!

[Anonymous]

Unemployment is administered by individual states (the state you worked in, not the state where you leave). I know that Maryland reduces benefits for part-time work, but doesn't cut them off altogether.

[Anonymous]

DC will likely cut your benefits altogether.

And, you need to be employed for three months before you're eligible for new benefits.

It's a lousy system that actually discourages people from doing what little work they can find. But there's no guarantee that you'd be able to continue your benefits after your temporary part-time gig is up. And then you're really screwed. I would decline.

[Anonymous]

I believe that MD will decrease your unemployment payments by the amount you are paid for temporary work. You will need to contact the DLLR to make sure, but I believe that was in the documentation that I got when I was unemployed, but that was 2009, so my memory may not be accurate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC will likely cut your benefits altogether.

And, you need to be employed for three months before you're eligible for new benefits.

It's a lousy system that actually discourages people from doing what little work they can find. But there's no guarantee that you'd be able to continue your benefits after your temporary part-time gig is up. And then you're really screwed. I would decline.

In DC your benefits would be reduced and if you make too much, stopped altogether, but assuming you still have time left to collect UE benefits, they'd resume after you finish your 6-week gig once you reopen your case.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC will likely cut your benefits altogether.

And, you need to be employed for three months before you're eligible for new benefits.

It's a lousy system that actually discourages people from doing what little work they can find. But there's no guarantee that you'd be able to continue your benefits after your temporary part-time gig is up. And then you're really screwed. I would decline.

I think that's incorrect. I researched DC benefits before realizing my benefits would be from MD, and noted that while DC benefits are lower, they were more flexible.