My contract was ended 4 months early. I filed for unemployment and received a letter stating I was elegible for a certain amount. Then received a letter my claim was being denied -_- anyone have any luck as ETW claiming unemployment?
We should be able to?
I have received unemployment between ETW contracts. There was a slight delay to verify eligibility. As soon as I talked to someone and said reason for leaving was Nike contract ending, the claim went through. As long as you have met the requirements for W2 hours worked in the last year or so, you should be eligible. Call unemployment to get it sorted.
I am a contractor at WHQ and we are W2, not 1099. I've also previously at a different role at a different company for which I was also W2, and there was no problem picking up on unemployment when that concluded until my next role. You should be able to get unemployment, especially if the contract was ended early. Best of luck.
Yeah… I get that this isn’t the answer you wanted. But you have to put money into the pot before you take it out.
The CARES act during Covid broke that general rule, but those funds are long gone now.
If you’re a 1099 Contracted employee you (should) get a higher hourly rate, at the cost of having no benefits. No unemployment. No healthcare. No Social Security. Mostly because no one, not even you, is paying into those benefits beforehand.
From the State of Oregon:
“Someone that has worked only as an independent contractor for the two years prior to filing for unemployment will usually not have sufficient wages to establish a valid claim because wages earned as an independent contractor are not subject to unemployment laws or taxes. If an independent contractor is incorporated and pays unemployment insurance taxes on themselves, then they may qualify for benefits.”
Comes down to whether or not you’ve been paying into the system via the unemployment taxes that fund unemployment compensation.