Sunday, November 8, 2009

Can I keep claiming unemployment if i start working freelance in California


Can I keep claiming unemployment if i start working freelance in California?
Collecting unemployment. Starting freelance job. Can I keep getting unemployment? My boyfriend works on movies and is employed per job on payroll so he's not technically freelance. But I will be. Any ideas, and please be as specific as you can, as it is impossible to get anyone from the dept. of labor on the telephone. thanks
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1 :
No you can not, you will be self employed. Collecting would be fraud, and CA is especially aggressive about cheats.
2 :
No how can you be unemployed and working at the same time You are either unemployed or not....??
3 :
Making an income while on unemployment is illegal, the only way you could do that would be to be paid in cash.
4 :
You can "claim" anything you want but don't caught WORKING freelance..
5 :
It has been a long time since this was last relevant to me but.... The answer then was that they deducted hours worked from the per hour rate of your unemployment. Thus, in doing freelance, you should try to structure it as part-time and on a per hour basis. AND you should keep good records of your work and billing on a per hour basis


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