Last week was Chuck's first week at his new tutoring job. The hours are very low right now (only 5.5 hours last week) and his hourly pay is two-thirds of what his old pay was. But it's a job and for that we're grateful. Bonus - Chuck doesn't mind the work and maybe even actually kind of likes it!
Last night Chuck went online to apply for unemployment benefits for last week. We were unsure how having a part time job would affect them. If you remember, his weekly benefit was $244 plus $25 from the federal economic stimulus package for a total of $269 weekly. Chuck fully disclosed his new earnings and his benefits were re-calculated. For last week he received $209 plus $25 from the federal economic stimulus package! We were very surprised he would still receive that much! Or any!
He received another client (student) this week so his hours this week will be approximately 10.5 hours instead of 5.5. We'll have to see next week how that affects his unemployment benefits. We'll, of course, disclose everything but seeing as how he is making so much less than before (less hours and less pay) we're hoping he's still eligible for something.
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this is great news :) I am glad to hear the little guy (if you know what I mean) is getting a bite of something from the stimulus money!
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