Drawing unemployment during seasonal layoffs?

Some haul fuel, some plow, and others do draw unemployment. Don't ask me the details because I never did but I know others who did.

 

If your short of work. Not working. Then why can't you collect unemployment? It's usually one week unemployed. Then apply and one week delay to start collecting.

 

I know a guy that drew it for a while. He was supposed to check at least two places a week to see about getting a job. He had to send in the name of places he checked and they might call in occasionally to verify it. He gave it up in a couple weeks decided it wasn’t worth it. Idk if it’s still that way, that was 17 years ago at least.

 

I can only tell you the laws in NY; you can draw UI for a max of 6 months, and you must be actively looking for work. You will be brought down to the local employment office within 1 month of applying to be interviewed. You must look for work and keep records of your searches. Your benefit (as of about 5 years ago) maxes out at something like $403/week, and is based as a percentage of your average earnings over the last 18 months (previous unemployment benefits not considered). where I live, there always used to be holiday mail trailer hauling jobs from late Nov to New Years, as well as pick-up work snow-plowing.

 

Used too get a letter showing in X amount of weeks, you’d be called back and not have to seek employment. They done away with that several years ago here in AR. 2 places a week… regardless.

 

The attraction of working for dirt merchants is winters off. Depends on your area if you supposed to actively looking for work. My area EI knows you be called back in the spring…if you are working out of union hall you never get asked to look for work outside your local.
My short experience hauling gravel all the drivers looked forward to winter off for ice fishing or whatever…majority were retired, hauling gravel just to pad their pension..

 

I looked for work. I applied for jobs that were open. If your off for 2 or 3 months. Apply for jobs that take a long time to hire. Dirt will start up end of February. You get 3 months off would be a guess.

 

Depends on what kind of dirt. If it's black hot stinky dirt it has to be pretty warm to start.

 

I'm just guessing. I had a friend local 150. He was mid November till end of February. For Chicago heavy equipment. Some jobs would be winter. But then you reset unemployment. So if isn't for a month, it's not worth doing.