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Hello,
I'm posting this question on behalf of a friend who is currently receiving NY unemployment benefits. However, he fell and fractured his hip, requiring partial hip replacement surgery. He will be released from hospital tomorrow.
I'm assuming that he is going to need to answer the question about being able and willing to work as "NO", because if he was working, he'd be out on disability right now, and obviously he can't drive to interviews or start working anywhere for at least several weeks. Does anyone know what will occur/what he needs to do in this circumstance? He lives in NJ but employment was in NYS. Thank you!
Hello,
I'm posting this question on behalf of a friend who is currently receiving NY unemployment benefits. However, he fell and fractured his hip, requiring partial hip replacement surgery. He will be released from hospital tomorrow.
I'm assuming that he is going to need to answer the question about being able and willing to work as "NO", because if he was working, he'd be out on disability right now, and obviously he can't drive to interviews or start working anywhere for at least several weeks. Does anyone know what will occur/what he needs to do in this circumstance? He lives in NJ but employment was in NYS. Thank you!
Based on your description, I would say he would not be considered to be able to work. How much he will need to recover before being considered to be able to work would depend on the type of work he does. For this type of disability - a doctor's release to work would help, even if it was for light duty.
As a resident of NJ, can he not get put on disability? It pays way better than UI. If not, he wouldn't be the first nor the last that lies on the claim form and tries not to get caught.
And much can depend on the type of work the person can do. Of course, when you are in the hospital it would be hard to get out and go to work. But there is a lot of work that people with limited physical abilities can do. Of course, just in case, it would help to apply for jobs you can do within those physical limitations (during the time you are physically limited). It might not be the type of work the person did previously - but would need to be something the person could actually do.
I'm not he could work remotely from home at a desk, but perhaps he could. I think he has to make sure he doesn't sit for too long at a time. He is a NJ resident, but not for much longer, so I"m afraid the NJ disability insurance is not an option. The things life throws at you sometimes...
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