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For the past 3 years, I worked for a company in Massachusetts as a contract employee. I was placed in the position through an agency based in New Hampshire. Due to a reorganization in the Massachusetts company, I was recently let go from my contract position.
My friend thinks that I still may qualify for unemployment insurance because I was working for the New Hampshire agency, not myself. Here are my questions:
1. Do I qualify as a contract employee because I was working through an agency?
2. If I do qualify, do I file through MA or NH? Even though my salary was being paid by the NH employer, I did pay state income taxes to Massachusetts as this is where I reside and where the client company was located.
2. My hours ranged from week-to-week, depending on the workload. Do I qualify as a part-time employee?
If you received a W2 for these wages UE insurance should have been paid on your behalf either by you or the agency and that would make you eligible. File in the state where you live and if the other state is responsible they will tell you. If however, you received a 1099 for your wages you are out of luck.
Yes, I agree. I wasn't going to apply at all until a friend proposed that I look into the situation. I read on another forum that you can collect if you only worked part-time. Obviously I need to speak directly to the state about whether this is true. I was paid an hourly wage for my services, so perhaps that's how the benefits are determined for part-time labor. My hours varied from week to week depending on the project load. This situation is frustrating and complicated. Thanks again for the information.
I called today and spoke to a very nice man who said I could file a claim. But there is no guarantee it will be approved. Employers are not required to pay into unemployment insurance, although 97% of them do. I'm not getting my hopes up because the state had no record of the employer in their system as a contributor. There is a possibility, though, and I am keeping my fingers crossed. Good luck to all who are in this situation.
OP, you SHOULD be eligible. I worked as a contract employee for two years in another state and I received unemployment benefits after I was laid off.
Additionally, those benefits were MUCH higher than the ones paid by my home state.
I hope that you were able to obtain the benefits you needed.
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