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I've been thinking of hiring a bunch of commission based salespeople for our startup. Has anyone done similar? Can people still receive their unemployment until
by hop 17y ago
I've been thinking of hiring a bunch of commission based salespeople for our startup. Has anyone done similar? Can people still receive their unemployment until they start making some sales or would they have to stop immediately when they started calling on prospective buyers?
We can't afford to put them on a salary yet, but it could be a good opportunity to help get some unemployed people going.
- gcheong 17y agoThat probably depends on the rules in your state. You should contact the agency that handles it. On my unemployment (CA) form it asks me if I earned any money for the weeks I am claiming for. Presumably they subtract any money I earned for those weeks from the benefit amount I would receive, so it could be that if your employee does not earn any commission for a given claim period then they would not lose any unemployment benefit but its always safest to get it from the horses mouth.
- patrickgzill 17y agoIt is based on the time period, at least in the state that a friend has worked in. So if the time period is 2 weeks, then if you pay once a month, that will be a 2-week period where they were employed, and a 2-week period they were not. For individuals it is run on a cash basis, that is, if you cut them checks every 3 months, they would only lose benefits for 1 period each 3 month interval.