To qualify, you must be unemployed or partially unemployed. Your regular wages, minus either 25% or $25 (whichever is greater), must be less than you would earn weekly in unemployment benefits. If you qualify, you could receive a check covering the difference between your regular wages and what you make now.
Can you still get unemployment if your hours have been cut?
If your hours or pay have been cut, you may still be eligible for partial unemployment compensation; however, most of what you earn will be subtracted from your benefit amount. Unemployment benefits are available to employees who are out of work temporarily, through no fault of their own.
How many hours do you have to work to get unemployment?
1 4 or fewer hours of work = 0 days worked: No reduction in weekly benefit rate 2 5 – 10 hours of work = 1 day worked: 75% of weekly benefit rate 3 11 – 20 hours of work = 2 days worked: 50% of weekly benefit rate 4 21 – 30 hours of work = 3 days worked: 25% of weekly benefit rate 5 31+ hours of work = 4 days worked: 0% of weekly benefit rate
What are the guidelines for part time unemployment?
If you lost work and you are working part time 30 hours or fewer a week and making $504 or less per week, the following guidelines apply when reporting your part-time work (round up to the nearest hour): 4 or fewer hours of work = 0 days worked: No reduction in weekly benefit rate 5 – 10 hours of work = 1 day worked: 75% of weekly benefit rate
How many hours can you work to get partial unemployment in NY?
Under NYS DOL’s new partial unemployment system, four hours of work in a week – regardless of the total days worked – is equivalent to less than one day worked for certification purposes, as long as you do not earn more than $504 in gross pay (excluding earnings from self-employment) for those four hours worked.
