First, your earnings from your current job WILL reduce the benefit CA awarded you. You are required to report those earnings when you claim benefits.
Read this thread:
http://www.city-data.com/forum/unemp...l#post32155587
Second, your remaining benefit will be further REDUCED by your earnings from the part time job, leaving you with nothing, in the end, because you have to report them, too.
FYI:
CA allows you to keep 25% of what you earn.
Ex: You work 20 hrs. @ $8.50 = $170.
You are allowed to keep $42.50 (25% x $170)
The remainder - $127 - is deducted from your benefit.
But, in your case, you will be working more than that - for nothing.
Do the math.
Plus, due to a disastrous computer upgrade, it is taking CA weeks and weeks to process benefit payments when you work. Some on this board haven't been paid for a long, long time. So immediate cash flow relief isn't there, either. In your case, if you're working two jobs, there won't be any.
And, don't even think about not reporting your earnings from this burger joint - which many do because they're so short of cash. CA will find out about it right away, stop your benefits, and assess an overpayment and penalties.
Try to find a better full time job ASAP, instead. And, meanwhile, see the CA social services immediately to apply for food stamps and other assistance.
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