Hi in Maryland are you eligible for unemploynent if your employer closes every year and reopens in late winter. (Part time employees)
From the Maryland Dept. of Labor
http://www.dllr.state.md.us/employment/claimfaq.shtml#ptfin
If I have been working part-time but am now unemployed and only looking for part-time work, am I eligible for unemployment insurance benefits?
A part-time worker is defined as an individual whose availability for work is restricted to part-time work, and who worked at least 20 hours per week in part-time work for a majority of the weeks of work in the base period (time period used to determine monetary eligibility for benefits).
A part-time worker is considered to be able and available for work if he/she:
A part-time worker is not considered to be unemployed, and, therefore, not entitled to benefits, if the part-time worker is working all hours for which he/she is available regardless of the amount of money earned.
Can I file for unemployment insurance benefits if I do not meet the definition of a part-time worker, as defined in the question above, but am working part-time?
If you stop working a part-time job, you must immediately notify the Division of Unemployment Insurance (DUI). Failure to do so could result in a finding of unemployment insurance fraud.
Kevbo
October 27, 2015, 3:01pm
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Just noting that what the OP describes is seasonal work, rather than part time, assuming it is 40 hrs. per week during the “on” season. That distinction may be helpful when researching the UI issues.
Don’t know about Maryland, but I do recall seasonal workers in PA working full time for about 8 months of the year and then collecting the unemployment compensation that they were eligible for over the winter. There just weren’t many construction jobs for them to do over the winter so there probably wasn’t a lot of checking to see if they were looking for work.
Since this involves legal advice, let’s move it to IMHO.
Colibri