Originally Posted by untilthebell

yes he was working FT -40 hrs a week when laid off in May 2010. He applied for disability in July 2010. I do cleary remember the SSDI case worker saying that if he wins the case he can no longer collect unemployment. Now SSDI has been well aware that he has been collecting.

If we stop collecting we will not get by. We would lose this house for sure.

But at this point i'm not sure how to approach this, he could call in to unemployment and ask them, but will they cut him off? Or even worse- ask for all that money back, which is long gone.

What happens if he just stops applying online every week? We do his unemployment online, so if he never signs back in, wont they just stop his payments and thats it? Or will they call us and ask why he stopped applying for unemployment benefits?

Yes , this is super stressful on the entire family. With 2 little kids and a home, its tough.

Thanks for responding!

Originally Posted by untilthebell

Collecting unemployment & filing for disability?


Hi everyone! I'm new here so I apologize if this has been asked before. My husband has been collecting unemployment for 8 months now due to being laid off. Yet he filed for disability due to a number of health issues from Seizures, Depression and Arthritis.

My question is- if he was to win this disability claim, what do you tell unemployment? Do you say the reason for stopping unemployment is that he's unable to work? Will there be anything to worry about? Such as unemployment asking for money paid back?

Every week he was applying for jobs online and we have a record of that. He was applying for jobs that would suit his disability.
i would have to say that collecting unemployment benefits while trying to win ssdi might cause some sort of conflict.the whole idea of collecting unemployment according to the rules is that they are assuming you are looking for work.that is the whole basis for giveing unemployment and one of the rules that they require while you are collecting unemployment benefits is that you must try to look for work.however,on the other-hand if social security see's that you are looking for work while collecting unemployment benefits like your supposed to then they will say that well your condition can't be that severe to award benefits if you are actively looking for work while collecting unemployemts benefits...social security will place a big emphasis on that portion of the unemployment benefits rules which as i mentioned already states that you must be looking for work while collecting unemployment benefits.
Any information helps.

Thank you.