Extension of unemployment benefits has had a detrimental impact. I have a friend that is able to work, has had opportunity to work, but continues to draw unemployment (by choice) and said will continue until the benefits run out, until he decides to go back to work. Incentive to work has gone out the window when people make out just about as good as working - shame on our government.
As of June 2009 the amount was raised to $505 weekly (max.). I have not seen anything confirming an increase since then.
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The maximum unemployment benefit you can receive in the state of Virginia is $358. In order to receive this amount you have to have worked and earned an acceptable amount of money in the qualifying quarters.
Hello$405-$430 a week
Your weekly benefit amount will be between $58 and $392 depending upon the wages you earned.
The maximum Weekly Benefit Amount (WBA) in Illinois for a single person is $388.00 per week. For an unemployed person with a spouse, the weekly benefit amount rises to $462.00 and with a child it is $531.00.
Figure your weekly benefit amount (WBA) from the information on your benefit statement. Select the base period quarter with your highest earnings and follow the instructions below.• Divide that high quarter's total earnings by 25 and round to the nearest dollar to get your WBA. Your WBA cannot exceed the maximum weekly benefitallowed by law. You can find the maximum weekly benefit amount the lawallows in "What is Unemployment Insurance?" on www.texasworkforce.org.• Your maximum benefit amount is the smaller of 26 times your weekly amount OR 27 percent of all your wages in the base period.
The maximum amount you may collect on unemployment in Kentucky is $415 per week for a period of 26 weeks. The minimum weekly benefit rate is $39.
As long as the pension is not in excess of the weekly benefit amount, unemployment may still be collected. In other words, if the UI benefit is 200 dollars, and the pension is less than that, the amount of the pension will be deducted from the benefit.
Idaho Department of Labor pays unemployment insurance benefits on a weekly basis. The amount of insurance benefit is determined on the basis of the past earnings of the applicant. The maximum level of unemployment insurance benefits, which can be availed from Idaho Department of Labor, is $364 per week. The minimum level of weekly unemployment insurance benefits, offered by Idaho Department of Labor, is $58.
In Florida, the maximum amount of money that can be earned per week for unemployment is $275. The maximum number of weeks this can be collected varies depending on the unemployment rates in the state.
Basically, you add $20 to the weekly benefit amount, subtract 80% of your gross weekly part time earnings and the remainder is your reduced benefit amount. For details plus an example of this, refer to pages 12-13 in the Related Link below.
The "liable state", South Carolina in this case, is who pays your benefits because that was where you worked and your employer paid the unemployment taxes.
According to the Related Link below, New Hampshire's Weekly Benefit Amount (WBA) is a minimum of $32 and maximum of $427.