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Re:Stripe Layoff 14% of Workforce by anon14132 on Thursday November 03, 2022 @11:13AM (#33452266)
In Texas, severance pay has no bearing on unemployment insurance. I did same thing but told unemployment office about severance pay, since I was too worried about breaking any rules.

They told me I could win jackpot but they would still legally owe me unemployment pay. It is all about actually woking. If you work and then get paid for that work, that's when you cannot claim unemployment pay.

So, technically, if you do contract work and still claim unemployment, then you are breaking the law.

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Re:Stripe Layoff 14% of Workforce by bastardoperator on Thursday November 03, 2022 @12:22PM (#33453397)
Yes, I believe he was technically breaking the law by under reporting. My limited understanding was that he was able to avoid issues by billing as an LLC versus an individual and didn't draw a paycheck from his LLC while on unemployment, he just let the money stack.
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