
Quoting
RedLilly
Please heed this warning!!
I was receiving UI compensation at the rate of 450 a week in California after being laid off from my teaching job. After a couple months of looking for a similar position I decided to swallow my pride and take a low paying job, mostly just to keep busy. I reported my wages on my claim forms and received partial benefit...fine. I was on my second extension.
A couple months after I began my part time job I received in the mail a new claim (which I never filed) with an adjusted compensation rate of $80.00 a week and a total benefit amount of just over 1000 dollars. What??!! Because I decided to get off my ass and take whatever job I could find, I was penalized...big time.
Now my $80.00 a week claim is exhausted and I am 300 dollars shy of getting an extension on that claim. Also, I just got laid off from my second (part-time just want to be a productive member of society) job. I'm wondering now how I am going to survive. It's terrifying.
If I had decided not to work I would have been able to complete my second extension, and would now be eligible for Fed-Ed receiving 20 additional weeks at $450.00
So please people....if you have high UI compensation, don't even bother with part time or lower paying jobs.
EDD is twisted. They punish those of us who choose to contribute to society and find whatever work we can.