NY, working while on unemployment (receive, payment, UI, state)

[Algorith_Me]

Hi, I'm trying to navigate the tricky waters of unemployment. I currently receive unemployment in NY and have applied to a freelance gig in March. If I get it, the weekly pay would be $2000 for a week. Online it says if you make more than $504 in a week, you do not receive benefits for that week. This makes sense, but I can't find out how the overage affects future weeks or the unemployment payments going forward. Has anyone had experience with this? Very grateful for any incite.

[Rabrrita]

You report the wages you earned on a week by week basis during and for the week they were earned (not when paid). UI will compute your weekly benefit based on the reported wages for each week reported. Once you no longer earn wages in a week, you report $0 and remain on unemployment. There is a possibility they may ask you to explain why only a week of work and wages which you simply state it was a one shot project work.

[Hunter3329]

Originally Posted by Algorith_Me

Hi, I'm trying to navigate the tricky waters of unemployment. I currently receive unemployment in NY and have applied to a freelance gig in March. If I get it, the weekly pay would be $2000 for a week. Online it says if you make more than $504 in a week, you do not receive benefits for that week. This makes sense, but I can't find out how the overage affects future weeks or the unemployment payments going forward. Has anyone had experience with this? Very grateful for any incite.

2k a week? Are you becoming a gigalow?

[Algorith_Me]

Thank you @Rabrrita! Glad to know that one week of work will not affect my future UI. These are challenging times.

@Hunter3329 LOOOL