Yes, most states encourage you to take work, even temporary work. A contract job won't require you to stop it and start it, you just "skip" a week. Last time

Yes, most states encourage you to take work, even temporary work. A contract job won't require you to stop it and start it, you just "skip" a week. Last time I was on UI, it didn't actually last for X weeks, it lasted for Y dollars, and if you earned more than a certain threshold in a given week, they would reduce your payout that week by 50% of the amount you went over that threshold. So one week of high earnings would, in effect, mean you get $0 that week but give you an "extra" week at the end.