# Question on partial unemployment **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 11, 2020, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-partial-unemployment/853559 "2020-05-11T00:38:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_In\_Black](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@The\_Man\_In\_Black](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_In_Black)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2020, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-partial-unemployment/853559/1 "2020-05-11T00:38:13Z")
I just have a fast question to make sure I am not going to be hurting myself down the road. I was furloughed last month, but this week my employer asked be back part time. They will work with be so I can still collect a partial claim. In the letter I received from the PA unemployment office it gives a dollar amount that is the max I can earn and still collect a partial claim. At my hourly pay rate it works out to 28 hours and 20 minuets per week. So as long as I work under that (and I will keep my hours under 28), I will collect a partial claim, and qualify for the $600 a week, correct? That is how it seems to me, but I just want to make sure. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![gdave](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gdave/32/3683_2.png) [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2020, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-partial-unemployment/853559/2 "2020-05-11T11:49:28Z")
Unemployment compensation rules vary quite a bit from state to state. I can’t comment on what the rules in PA are, but _if_ you qualify for $1 per week in state unemployment compensation, you \*will \*receive the $600 per week federal “kicker” _in addition_ to state UI compensation. Also note that the $600, while fully funded by the federal government, is still administered by the state through their UI compensation fund. Again, I don’t know the situation in PA, but a lot of states have had a lot of problems getting their systems set up to process the additional payments. You will get the $600 _eventually_ - the program specifically and explicitly guarantees back-payments if you experience delays in getting the payments initially - but, you might experience delays in getting the payments initially. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_In\_Black](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@The\_Man\_In\_Black](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_In_Black)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2020, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-partial-unemployment/853559/3 "2020-05-11T23:09:44Z")
> [@gdave](#): > > Unemployment compensation rules vary quite a bit from state to state. I can’t comment on what the rules in PA are, but _if_ you qualify for $1 per week in state unemployment compensation, you \*will \*receive the $600 per week federal “kicker” _in addition_ to state UI compensation. > > Also note that the $600, while fully funded by the federal government, is still administered by the state through their UI compensation fund. Again, I don’t know the situation in PA, but a lot of states have had a lot of problems getting their systems set up to process the additional payments. You will get the $600 _eventually_ - the program specifically and explicitly guarantees back-payments if you experience delays in getting the payments initially - but, you might experience delays in getting the payments initially. Thank you. Just as I thought. ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2020, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-partial-unemployment/853559/4 "2020-05-11T23:38:39Z")
> [@gdave](#): > > Unemployment compensation rules vary quite a bit from state to state. I can’t comment on what the rules in PA are, but _if_ you qualify for $1 per week in state unemployment compensation, you \*will \*receive the $600 per week federal “kicker” _in addition_ to state UI compensation. Actually you don’t have to qualify for state unemployment. The CARES act allows independent contractors and gig workers to qualify for the $600. They still don’t qualify for unemployment in most (all?) states. That’s why the states had such a hard time setting up the system. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_In\_Black](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@The\_Man\_In\_Black](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_In_Black)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-partial-unemployment/853559/5 "2020-05-28T22:32:47Z")
It took a while, but I finally started to receive my unemployment direct deposits last week. And this week I started to receive the $600 payments, five $600 payments in total so far. But I have a question. I read somewhere that if you are called back to work, and furloughed again, that you will not receive the $600 payments even though it is before the July deadline. The reasoning seems to be that the first furloughed was due to covid-19, the the second is considered to be a normal layoff, not covid-19 related. Me and several employees were brought back part time (not re-furloughed), do we still qualify for the $600? I can’t seem to find the info online. Anyone have any idea? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_In\_Black](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@The\_Man\_In\_Black](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_In_Black)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2020, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-partial-unemployment/853559/6 "2020-05-31T22:47:36Z")
Bump