How does unemployment compensation work?

[thundley4]

AllyCat   (1000+ posts)           Fri Feb-12-10 09:28 AM
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How does unemployment compensation work?
   
I know it varies by state, but my husband's boss is asking him to take two weeks a quarter unpaid, but still remain at work. He now thinks he won't claim unemployment because it would hurt him later if he loses this job. I think the fact that he cannot be "looking for work" will make him ineligble. Frankly, I think what she is doing is illegal, but he's afraid to rock the boat because nearly everyone else has been layed off.

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Hey DUmmie, that's called a paycut. Tell your husband to refuse.

Statistical   (1000+ posts)           Fri Feb-12-10 12:17 PM
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7. That isn't unemployment. As crappy as it is, it simply is a reduction in pay (pay cut).
   
Edited on Fri Feb-12-10 12:56 PM by Statistical
Your husbands boss is an ass.

Essentially he is cutting your husbands pay by 15%. Rather than reduce each paycheck by 15% he is giving him 44 full paychecks and 8 $0.00 paychecks. The net result in exactly the same.

As an example lets say he makes $1000 per week = $52,000 per year.

A 15.4% paycut is roughly $8000 cut = $44,000 per year.
A 15.4% reduced from each check is reduction from $1000 to $846 = $44,000 per year.
Having him work 52 weeks but get paid for 44 is 44 * $1000 = $44,000 per year.


Either way he is taking a 15.4% paycut not unemployment. The boss is just trying to hide it.

To collect unemployment he would need to be not working AND available for work. Neither condition applies so unfortenately he is not eligible for Unemployment Benefits.

That is not what the DUmmie wants hear, She wants to scam the system.

[Specbid]

Well, DUmmie, tell your idiot husband to refuse the pay cut. He'll get laid off and can collect unemployment. That should show his wicked boss.