Hey! Are you unemployed?

[Tasslehofp99]

Originally Posted by Phased [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

That sentence isn't grammatically correct, but I'm going to assume what you were trying to say and it's not entirely correct, unemployment is governed by stats so it largely depends on where you live. Unemployment income is taxable, but whether you get 100% of it or 60% of it due to taxes it's still free money from someone else's pockets.

I don't think a lot of people are unemployed, some just have shitty jobs.

He meant that anyone on unemployment is being paid money that was taken out of their previous paychecks (before they were unemployed) and not being paid money taken from other tax payers. When you have a job you pay taxes from your OWN paycheck towards unemployment benefits and I'm fairly certain your employer pays into it as well for each employee. To get unemployment benefits in new york you must have atleast held a job for over 12-18 months prior to applying and not have been fired. Your weekly unemployment checks wind up being 50% of your average weekly salary that you received from your last job.


Also -- They offer unemployment benefits to full time college students, which is sweet. Going to school and getting paid for it is awesome. Btw -- Hurray for socialist government policies!

[Slave]

From the looks of the survey, P99 players are some of the most heavily employed demographic in the nation, although with the economy picking up from our savior president, the numbers come as no surprise.

[formallydickman]

Originally Posted by Tasslehofp99 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I'm fairly certain your employer pays into it as well for each employee.

Yes, the employer generally does pay into it when a former employee goes on unemployment. There are like ~10 different things that affect how much the employer actually pays, but the big ones are length of employment, wages earned, and current number of employees. Small businesses, like the one I run, get hit especially hard when former workers file for unemployment.

[Labyrrinth]

Someone do the math (I am too tired from my FT job) - at the moment of this post there are 79 votes, 65 are employed FT, the other 14 are not (grouping the unemployed and "what is a job" votes)

Assuming 79 is 100% of the population, and 14 are unemployed. What is the percentage of unemployment?

More or less than the national average (US)?

[Brimacombe]

I am a manager. Pity me.

-Brimacombe

[wasp23]

Originally Posted by Labyrrinth [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Someone do the math (I am too tired from my FT job) - at the moment of this post there are 79 votes, 65 are employed FT, the other 14 are not (grouping the unemployed and "what is a job" votes)

Assuming 79 is 100% of the population, and 14 are unemployed. What is the percentage of unemployment?

More or less than the national average (US)?

that is way to complicated for anyone here. i never learned this working at Del Taco.

[nymphloa]

After 16 years in retail management I am now......Self employed, which means I have to sort my own damn taxes. But it also means I can sort my own time off and just go fishing or grind a few levels at will.

I can feel the hate swelling in you now....!

[Llodd]

And ofcourse, people that frequent this forum are the most law abiding and honest and would never tell any falsehoods right?

Why don't you make a poll about that baby!

[feste]

It'd be nice if you could collect your excess unemployment insurance money every 5 or so years. not my fault I been working forever lol.

[Tiggles]

I'm working but I don't want too how do I stop working and collect unemployments?

I want to collect money for free.