[twblalock]

I hope the furloughed workers will be able to get unemployment benefits or something similar. Otherwise being furloughed is the worst of both worlds: employed, but unpaid.

On the other hand, being furloughed rather than laid off will mean the workers keep their health insurance.

[ilikehurdles]

Having your hours or pay cut significantly qualifies for unemployment.

[wil421]

Not in certain states. My friend in the hotel industry just got furloughed link Macy’s for 100 days, keeps his benefits but no pay and can’t get unemployment.

[jjeaff]

In some states, not all. Although I think the cares act may provide its additional unemployment money in either case.

[1123581321]

Furloughed employees typically qualify for unemployment.

[ksec]

What does "typically" meant in this context? Are there cases where Furloughed would not be counted as unemployment?

[1123581321]

Not every state provides UC for furlough. My understanding is that the majority of employees are in states that do, though.

[ksec]

Thanks. For those of us living outside the State, it increasingly looks more like ( to us ) US is like EU where every member state is a country of its own.

[1123581321]

It may seem that way for a few items that keep appearing in the news, but the general trend over the last 200 years has been to make state laws more uniform and to increase regulation at the federal level. For example, for normal job loss, state benefits are fairly uniform, and when we have recessions, we get federal legislation passed to uniformly extend state unemployment benefits with federal money. Not too long ago, that would have been unthinkable.

[atourgates]

I don't know of any states where Furloughed doesn't qualify for unemployment. And the new federal $600/wk unemployment bonus specifically calls out furloughed employees as being eligible.

The only difference in my (generally worker-unfriendly red) state is that if you're furloughed and apply for unemployment, they waive the requirement to demonstrate that you're looking for work.

[dlandis]

> Otherwise being furloughed is the worst of both worlds: employed, but unpaid.

It totally depends on how long the furlough is. A short furlough means you still have a job to go back to, and you don't have to repeat the whole job search/interviewing process.