Benefit Amount & Calculation
How a Lump-Sum Payment Affects Unemployment Benefits
Bonuses, PTO payouts, settlements, and inheritances hit your claim differently. Learn the five lump-sum categories, all…
Unemployment Benefits Guide & Resources
Explore helpful guides about unemployment benefits, including eligibility requirements, weekly benefit calculations, state-specific rules, claim filing, payment schedules, job search requirements, appeals, and common unemployment questions. Use our guides and calculators to better understand your potential benefits.
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Benefit Amount & Calculation
Recomputing Unemployment Benefits After Income Changes
Your benefit amount freezes at filing, but defined events trigger a recompute. Learn the triggers, alternate base perio…
Benefit Amount & Calculation
How Overtime and Bonus Pay Affect Unemployment
Overtime hours and bonus checks follow weekly allocation rules that can zero a check. Learn the paid-week versus earned…
Benefit Amount & Calculation
How Unemployment Is Calculated for Tipped Employees
Reported tips build your weekly benefit amount like any other wage. See state formulas, worked server examples, and the…
Benefit Amount & Calculation
Earnings Disregard and Partial Unemployment Explained
Learn how the earnings disregard formula shapes partial unemployment checks. See state rules, worked examples, and repo…
Eligibility
What Is a Suitable Work Offer? When You Can Refuse
A suitable work offer decides if you can refuse a job and keep benefits. Learn the five factors, state rules, and the r…
Eligibility
Can You Get Unemployment With an Expired Work Visa?
Work visa expired? Learn how able-and-available rules, the H-1B 60-day grace period, and EAD renewals decide your unemp…
Eligibility
Can You Get Unemployment If You Were Fired for Poor Performance?
Fired for poor performance? Learn why most states still approve your unemployment claim, how misconduct differs from in…
Benefits & Payments
How Severance Delay Affects Your First Unemployment Payment
Severance before your first unemployment check: the three stacked delays, a week-by-week timeline, and why you should s…
State Guides
Comparing Unemployment Benefits by State Before You Move
Moving states? Compare 2026 unemployment benefits before relocating: maximum checks from $235 to $1,033, duration limit…
Benefit Amount & Calculation
Unemployment for Minimum Wage Workers: What You'll Get
Minimum wage and laid off? Real numbers at $7.25, $10, and $15 an hour, when low-wage claims fail the monetary test, an…
Benefit Amount & Calculation
Unemployment for Tipped Workers: How Tip Income Counts
Servers and bartenders: how reported tips build your unemployment claim, why tip credit states pay smaller checks, and…