No, you are still eligible, you can reopen your orignal claim. it is why the benefit period for the original claim lasts a year, even though there is only 6 months worth of funding. You just don't collect for the weeks that you work at a temp job or contract.
I've been in this position before. This is what you do:
An unemployment claim has two important aspects: money and expiration date. You get benefits until you either use up all the money or the expiration date passes.
While you are a contract worker you are still technically unemployed and you keep your claim open. Just report the money you earn every week. This will be weighed against your benefits, which generally means you get nothing, which is fine because you're getting paid. But the moment there's any blip in that income (like they lose their funding and you lose your job, or they just don't pay you because they're all messed up) you're covered by unemployment.
The reason why I know this, is I used to be a temp worker. The same rules apply to temp workers. It was awfully handy, knowing this. I didn't have to open a claim every time I needed benefits, and I didn't have to wait a week either.
This is basically the same thing everybody else said, but with more detail :)
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An unemployment claim has two important aspects: money and expiration date. You get benefits until you either use up all the money or the expiration date passes.
While you are a contract worker you are still technically unemployed and you keep your claim open. Just report the money you earn every week. This will be weighed against your benefits, which generally means you get nothing, which is fine because you're getting paid. But the moment there's any blip in that income (like they lose their funding and you lose your job, or they just don't pay you because they're all messed up) you're covered by unemployment.
The reason why I know this, is I used to be a temp worker. The same rules apply to temp workers. It was awfully handy, knowing this. I didn't have to open a claim every time I needed benefits, and I didn't have to wait a week either.
This is basically the same thing everybody else said, but with more detail :)
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