Severance payments are deductible from unemployment benefits the week in which they are paid. Whether severance is paid in a lump sum or staggered over a defined period of time, if you receive an amount that exceeds your weekly benefit amount ($247/week is the max in La) then that week is considered excessive and no benefits will be paid.

My advice: file your claim the day you are separated from your job. Indicate you will receive severance, and fax a copy of the checkstub or proof of severance payment ASAP.

Dont forget about disclosing whether you received accrued vacation pay, as it also may be deductible as well.

www.laworks.net will provide a link to file for benefits online.

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Posted by Meauxjeaux

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Posted on 7/14/13 at 9:28 pm to GFunk

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Severance payments are deductible from unemployment benefits the week in which they are paid. Whether severance is paid in a lump sum or staggered over a defined period of time, if you receive an amount that exceeds your weekly benefit amount ($247/week is the max in La) then that week is considered excessive and no benefits will be paid.

100% this.

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My advice: file your claim the day you are separated from your job. Indicate you will receive severance, and fax a copy of the checkstub or proof of severance payment ASAP.

And kinda this. If you can, finagle a way to get all of the severance documented in your first week of UE. You don't collect UE the first week you file - I think it's called a 'week of waiting'. If you can show you got severance that week, your subsequent weeks won't get docked.

Anything you collect in any week in which you receive that $247 (actually, it has gone down to $225 or something now) gets deducted straight from that $247 (er, $225).

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Posted by OldSouth

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Posted on 7/15/13 at 8:50 am to GFunk