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It is illegal to collect unemployment benefits while employed in NYS.
It's not a matter of whether you work as a consultant but whether you meet all the tests for eligibility of unemployment benefits. Part time work may be permissible, depending on earnings versus benefits, etc.
Unemployment is income taxable, but does not count for Social Security purposes.No, only earned income (while working) counts toward SS benefits.
No. You are working when in the army.
No. It is not a long enough work history.
Whether or not you are eligible for unemployment benefits depends on a lot of factors (i.e. the state you live in, the amount of time you worked at your job, the number of hours worked, the nature of the employment) but only working at a job for 2 months you would probably not be eligible to collect unemployment benefits.
Typically, unemployment benefits only apply to those who have been working full time and they're employer has been paying for their unemployment. I've never heard of someone getting unemployment benefits after only working part time for a short period of time. I'm sorry to break the bad news.
Yes, it may be possible, depending on what your state's rules are on working conditions that might qualify for unemployment benefits, even if you were to quit.
No. Unemployment benefits are provided for those who did work but, for some reason, have lost their jobs. If you are working, you are not eligible for unemployment benefits.
Unfortunately, if you became disabled after you started receiving unemployment benefits, you could no longer qualify as to being ready willing, and able to actively seek full time employment immediately. If it had been job related, you probably could have received Worker's Comp. Otherwise there may be some other programs, i.e. your state's human resources office, etc.
It depends. Because you have to report all income you receive while getting unemployment benefits, you may qualify for those benefits if the income is less than the benefit by some formula. The exact information is in the Related Link below.However, if you fail to report said income it is called unemployment fraud (a crime) That information can be found in the other Related Link below.
Apparently, the money you put in a 401K Plan and withdrawn would not be deducted from unemployment benefits, but possibly that contributed by the employer may be deducted. It is best to contact the unemployment office and find out for sure. The Related Link below gives more detail. 401K is similar in many respects to pension payments