Anybody know if Unemployment

[Esther]

payments will continue if a person begins to receive Social Security?

[Sunbeam56]

No idea.

[Argos5]

You'll have to check your own state's eligibility requirements...I believe that a number of states do reduce or offset unemployment compensation by the amount of social security benefits received by the applicant.

[reddad35]

I feel you should not be able to do this. If you did the checks should not be over the possible 1200 a year allowed with a regular job. Unemployment checks and social security just don't seem to be a good mix in my eyes. You are only able to make a small amount and receive social security as it is. It is easy enough to get a job that makes the max 1200.00 a year and receive the benefit. no need to not work and receive it too. Can you say paper or plastic?
 No offense but every 1200 hundred counts. multiply that by 10's of thousands.

[PondmaninAL]

I know that in Florida, I can make $45.00 without it hurting my unemployment. I think it will stop once you get on a supplemental income such as Social Security or SSI.

[Mikey]

The AARP website said this:

Unemployment insurance benefits are payments made to eligible employees who become unemployed through no fault of their own.

There is an Unemployment Insurance Program in each state. Under federal guidelines, each state sets its own rules. State rules cover eligibility for benefits, benefit amounts, and the length of time workers can receive benefits.

Employees can usually receive benefits for up to 26 weeks. This depends on how long you worked before you lost your job. During times of high unemployment or in special situations, states can provide extended benefits.

The amount of your unemployment payment depends on how much you earned in your last job. Each state also sets a maximum benefit amount. Most employees get less than half of their previous weekly earnings.

Some workers who already collect Social Security retirement benefits may not get their full unemployment benefits. If their employer lays them off and they apply for unemployment insurance, 19 states will reduce their unemployment benefits by the amount of their retirement benefits. Many workers and employers are not aware of this offset.

Unemployment insurance is taxable income. Most states do not automatically withhold taxes from unemployment benefit checks. You can request that your state withhold federal taxes.

[Esther]

In 2009, a person just beginning to receive Social Security can earn up to $14,000 a year without affecting their   benefit. So my thinking was that if they could earn that amount then maybe the unemployment wouldn't be affected until the $14,000 was reached. I have searched the internet a bit and also Michigan's Unemployment site but didn't find it. We have to go to one of their offices anyway Monday with other questions so that will be one of them.

DH has never drawn unemployment until this last winter and now he's layed off again. Social Security will kick in for the first time in March. What a relief!! His SS will be just a little less that what he earned this year. And unemployment is a little less than SS. But both better than nothing of course.