can you receive unemployment benefits while receiving severance pay? (California)
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Most states consider your severance package to be a gift & not wages so yes, file immediately. If u go on vacation & cannot file for a specific week then don't start up again until you are home. You have 52 weeks to collect 26 weeks of unemployment, take as many vacations as u like.
Yes you can. In California it is 100% not an issue.
Every state can be different?
Signing the "release" I believe constitutes compensation not "working" income.
Therefore U can "collect" while its paid out.
In California, severance pay does not affect unemployment benefits
There is this new thing called google where you can look up the law in your state. Hope that helps.
You can in Nebraska!
For example, receiving severance pay does not impact your benefits in California, even if you receive it in a lump sum instead of in regular installments like a paycheck. ... You might be eligible to claim unemployment benefits if your weekly severance pay is less than the maximum weekly unemployment insurance rate.
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No, it gets complicated, but no