job search record - chances of getting audited (employment, job application, credit)
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Your chances are small, especially if you are only planning to collect for a short time. (Although how can you "plan" that? Many people are unemployed a lot longer than they think they will be these days.)
However, if you are audited, you should be able to take credit for your job search or they will punish you, so why not keep track?
If you don't like writing things down, do what I did. I made an Excel spreadsheet that had the same column layout as UI's form and typed in there. It was a lot easier that handwriting things.
Your chances are small, especially if you are only planning to collect for a short time. (Although how can you "plan" that? Many people are unemployed a lot longer than they think they will be these days.)
However, if you are audited, you should be able to take credit for your job search or they will punish you, so why not keep track?
If you don't like writing things down, do what I did. I made an Excel spreadsheet that had the same column layout as UI's form and typed in there. It was a lot easier that handwriting things.
Good point. Most states will take away your unemployment if you don't have things written down.
OP, if you use the same email address for employment apps, you should create a folder in your email just for jobs and move all corresponding job application confirmations to that folder. If in the event you were to be audited, you can quickly reference back to that folder and write down all the places you have applied.
I received partial unemployment benefits for 13 months while working part-time as a cashier and never got audited. I kept a spreadsheet of my job applications just to be safe.
I received partial unemployment benefits for 13 months while working part-time as a cashier and never got audited. I kept a spreadsheet of my job applications just to be safe.
This is smart. Even if your chances of being audited are slim to none, why not keep the records? CYA.
I understand this is some kind of temporary situation probably because you have a period of time between jobs. Just keep the records to be safe. It's easy to apply for jobs you know you won't get and you will already be working elsewhere by the time something you applied for might want to interview you. Protect yourself.
There's a reason why I am adamant about this. A RL friend of mine collected UE and was audited. He was looking for work but kept no records. He was too lazy and thought the audit would never happen to him. He was honest and said he had no records. To make a long story short, he now has to pay back all of his UE to avoid being prosecuted for fraud. And all he has now is a lousy part time retail job that doesn't pay worth beans. He is in a world of hurt. It would have been much easier to just keep the spreadsheet.
And - keep those records/spreadsheets on a USB! I lost my whole file when my computer crashed and now have no records. Thankfully we have to report each week (in MN) when we apply for that week's unemployment so they have a record but I went and bought a USB today just for unemployment reasons to make sure it won't happen again. I was able to buy a cheap used computer, which is all I can afford right now, but sure would have been nice to have thought of this happening earlier.
And - keep those records/spreadsheets on a USB! I lost my whole file when my computer crashed and now have no records. Thankfully we have to report each week (in MN) when we apply for that week's unemployment so they have a record but I went and bought a USB today just for unemployment reasons to make sure it won't happen again. I was able to buy a cheap used computer, which is all I can afford right now, but sure would have been nice to have thought of this happening earlier.
A WHOLE bunch of work/records was lost.
Yea that happened to me too and it sucks big time for sure.
To the OP, I am collecting regular UI in New York for 5 months and I've been audited twice (last audit was this past Thursday). However since you're only collecting UI for such a short period of time, then your chances of getting audited are extremely low. You would have to collect regular UI for at least 3 months in order to get audited. The only thing that may happen to you since it looks like you'll be collecting for at least is a month is that the Dept. of Labor may require you to attend a Workforce1 orientation session. Hope that answers your ques.
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