nannies, do you get unemployment insurance after finishing your job with a family?

[Anonymous]

Can a nanny apply for unemployment if her job is finished?

[Anonymous]

Yes.
I took a 3 month temp position and got unemployment when that finished. I mean hopefully you’ll have something lined up. Unemployment doesn’t go very far.

[Anonymous]

If you are paid legally, yes. Your employer should be paying state and federal unemployment taxes. If you’re paid under the table, I don’t think you can.

[Anonymous]

you have to work for a whole year, though. PP, I do not believe you can apply after 3 months of work.

[Anonymous]

Yes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:you have to work for a whole year, though. PP, I do not believe you can apply after 3 months of work.

I’m the PP that did it after a 3 month temp position. I was employed FT prior to the temp position, with maybe 2 weeks in between. Maybe that’s why? Don’t know, I just know I got it.

[Anonymous]

As long as you were paid legally. I believe it goes by quarterly employment.

[Anonymous]

Yes

[Anonymous]

Of course, that's what it's there for! But to qualify, you need to have been paid on the books for a certain period of time (at least a year, I think. Our nanny worked for us for 14 months and we had to lay her off due to a loss of income. I felt terrible about that, but the silver lining is that she was happy to get unemployment while she looked for a new job.

[Anonymous]

If they were laid off and paid taxes they can

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:you have to work for a whole year, though. PP, I do not believe you can apply after 3 months of work.

You are wrong. Benefits are calculated as follows;

Base Period wages typically establish monetary eligibility for Unemployment Compensation (UC). The “Regular Base Period” comprises the first four of the last five completed calendar quarters preceding a claim’s effective date.

Note: Unlike the alternate base period, the regular base period doesn’t use "lag quarter" wages.

Your claim’s effective date controls your base period—not the date you become unemployed. For instance, if your claim goes into effect during January, February, or March, your base period is the first three quarters in the last year plus the last quarter of the previous year. Even if your claim takes effect March 31, the quarter’s last day, your base period consists of the first three quarters in last year plus the previous year’s last quarter.

The alternate base period includes the four most recently completed calendar quarters, including "lag quarter" wages - the most recently completed quarter preceding a new claim’s effective date.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you are paid legally, yes. Your employer should be paying state and federal unemployment taxes. If you’re paid under the table, I don’t think you can.

Actually, you can. Apply and then there is an investigation but, ultimately, employer gets a big fine, but you get unemployment. How do I know? Many years ago, I had a temporary job and employer refused to take out FUCA and state and Federal taxes. I filed for unemployment as anyway and it took as few months but I got my unemployment and employer was fined.

[Anonymous]

Even if you were paid under the table. You can still apply and your employer gets a big fine and you collect unemployment.