Most of the time people are shocked at how **little they get from unemployment.
There is a look-back and base period. So if you haven’t been at your current ( laid off ) employer for long, they go back to your previous employer for wages earned so you should be ready with your last few jobs contact information when you file.
Also if you are working part-time, you may not have paid enough into unemployment to collect much, if any.
Hope for the best and prepare for the little loop holes you don’t know about. 😩. I speak from experience.
Thank you for adding this! Very real advice, many people do not get as much as they hoped for. When I got laid off from a part-time position during the pandemic, unemployment told me I didn't make enough to qualify for unemployment! As if I didn't already know I wasn't making enough, then they had to go and rub it in...
Most of the time people are shocked at how **little they get from unemployment.
There is a look-back and base period. So if you haven’t been at your current ( laid off ) employer for long, they go back to your previous employer for wages earned so you should be ready with your last few jobs contact information when you file.
Also if you are working part-time, you may not have paid enough into unemployment to collect much, if any.
Hope for the best and prepare for the little loop holes you don’t know about. 😩. I speak from experience.
Thank you for adding this! Very real advice, many people do not get as much as they hoped for. When I got laid off from a part-time position during the pandemic, unemployment told me I didn't make enough to qualify for unemployment! As if I didn't already know I wasn't making enough, then they had to go and rub it in...