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Can you collect unemployment if you are laid off in NJ?

If you were fired or discharged from your job, you may not be eligible for benefits. To remove a gross misconduct disqualification, you must return to work (in covered employment) for at least eight weeks, earn 10 times your weekly benefit rate, and then become unemployed through no fault of your own.

Can you collect unemployment in NJ and NY?

If you live in New Jersey but commuted to work in New York, Pennsylvania, or Delaware. Did you work in New York? You must file your unemployment claim with New York State’s Department of Labor.

Can I still collect unemployment if I go back to work ny?

If, after you return to your job, you work fewer than 4 days per week and earn less than $504 per week, you may be eligible to continue receiving some unemployment benefits. For every day that you work in a given week, your unemployment benefit for that week is reduced by 25%.

Where do I file for unemployment if I live in PA and work in NJ?

A resident of New Jersey who works in Pennsylvania is not eligible for New Jersey family leave because they have no wages in New Jersey for “covered employment.” If you lived in New Jersey while commuting to work in Pennsylvania, you must file your unemployment claim directly with Pennsylvania by calling their …

How does unemployment work if you live in NJ?

I live in NJ and work (well, worked) in NYC…therefore, I collect unemployment from NY state. NY unemployment SUCKS!!!! After they take out taxes, you end up with a maximum of about $385 a week.

Can you get unemployment in New York if you live out of State?

Be unemployed through no fault of their own, as defined by New York state law. Be available to work. New York does not impose different requirements for UI eligibility on those who reside in state and those who reside out of state.

Can you work in NJ and live in NY?

I worked in NJ and lived in NY – I collected from NJ because that ‘s where I worked. You will need to claim NY unemployment. My understanding is that they’re slightly less generous in NY compared to NJ. You are supposed to claim unemployment in the state where you WORK.

Can you file for unemployment if you work remotely in NJ?

If you work remotely from your home in NJ for a company that is in NYC, you would file in NJ. However, the laid off person in question thought the HR person said to file in the state where the company is located, rather than the state where the work was done.