Unemployment figures are also down

• The "unemployment" figures are down bec our country does not count - people who just QUIT looking bec they
  • And the baloney about 100,000 (whatever) sm - nm
    • Some of the new jobs are second and third - Pokey
  • Unemployment figures are also down - Another reason
    • This is nothing new. This has been the way they count statistics for years. nm - counting
  • Giving up? That's their fault then! - sm
    • Very very true.. - Agree!!
      • Yep, reminds me of a friend of mine - sm

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I went looking for the stats - and these stats I'm going to paste are from the 2000 census - and believe me, things have changed drastically since then....back then I read/heard there were 800,000 cubans in Miami but I think it was Miami-Dade and the stats i just found are Miami only....and 65% of the population are hispanic/latino but that's not just cubans...the 2000 census says total population in miami is 404,000.  I'm disputing that today but new stats (accurate) are a tad difficult to find...but I'm still researching...*laughs*

2000 census info for Miami, Florida:

Population - 362,470

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Latino

 65.8%

White

 11.8%

Black

 22.3%

 

The median age for residents in Miami, FL is 37.7 (this is older than average age in the U.S.).

Families (non-single residences) represent 62.1% of the population.

Median Household Income

U.S. $50,344

Miami-Dade County $43,955

Miami $28,699

2000 U.S. Census data, adjusted for inflation

info gleaned from below link:

http://www.muninetguide.com/states/florida/municipality/Miami.php

when they speak of Miami with the bigger #s I just read at another site - they mean Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach County, total population of all 3 counties is 5.4 million, and all 3 counties comprise South Florida (as I would think/presume Naples and other more SW cities do on the Florida West Coast)....

all very interesting....I'm glued this afternoon to checking this out 

Self Employment tax is only about 15.3%, which is only a small percentage more than you'd pay with employee status.  FICA and Medicare are already taken into that figure.  As a self-employed person, you get to deduct a bunch of stuff, too, so your taxable income isn't as high as it would be if you were an employee.  Nobody earning $1,000 is taxed at 40%.  You have to earn more than $278,450 as a single person to be in the higher federal tax bracket of 39.6%.  I've been self-employed for over 8 years now.  I've never paid anywhere near 40% in taxes.

BTW, I have a minor in accounting with many years of bookkeeping and tax preparation experience.  If you still don't believe me, check out the Small Business section at the IRS.GOV website.  There is a ton of accurate information there.

Self Employment tax is only about 15.3%, which is only a small percentage more than you'd pay with employee status.  FICA and Medicare are already taken into that figure.  As a self-employed person, you get to deduct a bunch of stuff, too, so your taxable income isn't as high as it would be if you were an employee.  Nobody earning $1,000 is taxed at 40%.  You have to earn more than $278,450 as a single person to be in the higher federal tax bracket of 39.6%.  I've been self-employed for over 8 years now.  I've never paid anywhere near 40% in taxes.

BTW, I have a minor in accounting with many years of bookkeeping and tax preparation experience.  If you still don't believe me, check out the Small Business section at the IRS.GOV website.  There is a ton of accurate information there.

Each state is different.  In Oregon you have to declare what wages you earn and  can only earn about half of what your unemployment benefit is and then they start taking dollar for dollar off.  So if you collect anything it will be very little.  Just be honest as they will catch up with you if you are not and in some counties it is a felony to not declare all your earnings or to collect unemployment when you are not eligible.   They match up SSN and sometimes it takes a while but they will catch you.  But your state should have a home page and you should be able to read all about it.  

Patti

As long as you were not terminated due to misconduct or stealing there shouldn't be a problem for the reason for termination   Also as long as you are not considered an emplolyee while doing the transcription.  Just because you were on probabtion is not a reason for not being able to claim unemployment.  You will collect your benefits on what you made prior to this job, your last 5 quarters of earnings last two quarters of 2005 and first three of 2006.  However, whatever you make as an IC will go against whatever your unemployment benefit is -- i.e. if they state that your benefit is $300 a week then you cannot earn more than $150 before they start taking dollar for dollar off.  Also you need to be actively looking for a job and available to take a job when it comes along and that might mean giving up your IC.   You may have to fight for your benefits, attend a hearing, etc.  But as long as you did not quit, did not steal or do anything else misconduct wise, you can file -- at least do it what do you have to lose.  I don't know what your earnings have been in the past five quarters and that will determine what your benefit will be.   Good luck.   Don't let them intimidate you but they could pull the transcription if they get upset.   Good luck.   You can probably go online and go to your state to see what and how you can file.  

I do not claim to be an expert, but it seems to me that you would, at the very least, be able to file for what they call partial unemployment benefits.  It certainly would not hurt any to check it out.  Also depends on your particular state laws, though I am not sure if the state involved would be the state where your company is located OR rather the state where you live.

http://www.servicelocator.org/OWSLinks.asp

 I'm hoping someone can help with this question before I call my local employment office tomorrow.  I was terminated last week as a med records employee with a small practice, but they still want me to do the transcription work as an IC at home.  I agreed, because some income is better than none!  In my letter of termination, it stated that because of the terms of my employment and since I was still in the probationary period when let go, I could not apply for unemployment benefits. 

The more I think about this I can't understand it.  I've worked as a temp in the past, was laid off after approximately 2 months, and still applied for and received unemployment. Anyone have a similar situation?  Help!

Thanks very much!

I have been an in-house Transcriptionist for the past 14 years at a mental health/behavioral health facility.  As a matter of fact, I have been the coordinator/supervisor (working supervisor - - LOL!!!!).  I had to under go major foot surgery due to being born with slight clubfeet, and have been off work now since 04/10/07.  I went under FMLA and it runs out on 07/02/07, but my doc is not going to release me back to work no sooner than 07/16/07.  I am still totally non-weightbearing under his orders  I had to use all of my PTO (5 weeks worth because I never call off work).. 

I totally understand where they are coming from with Medicaid requirements and all, but I am feeling this is totally unfair (but what is fair in this world anymore) as I have been a good and loyal employee all these years.  Enough venting -- LOL!

Here's the issue and question . . . . I have been understaffed for years, I wanted to hire another transcriptionist before I had my surgery to get her trained, etc (but that did not happen), I only have 4 transcriptionists including myself, and one is protected by FMLA and calls off ALL THE TIME, and we transcribe for 42 physicians/therapists.  Since I have been off on surgical leave for so long, my place of employment is thinking about outsourcing everything because of course we have not kept up, which means they are not going to extend my FMLA.  Can I collect unemployment if this occurs? 

This is one of the main reasons I have been on this board looking for at-home transcription because I may not have a job to go back to!  Oh, the politics of the corporate world! 

I heard, but I am not sure if this is true or not, but can you work a part-time job and collect unemployment?  I heard that if you apply for unemployment due to job termination, etc., and if you happen to find a part-time job, that you can collect partial unemployment, where unemployment will pay the difference between what you earn at the part-time job and what unemployment would pay you.  Does anyone know if this is true?  I have just applied for unemployment the first time in my life, and it is driving me crazy.  I feel like such a lazy @@#.  My department was just terminated on 08/31/07.  I do not think I can just sit at home and do nothing.  However, I am scared to death to take a position and then have it not pan out, losing unemployment because I took a position.  It would be nice if I could test the waters with a part-time position, collect unemployment until it runs out, and then hopefully move into a full-time position.  Any info?

I learn so much on this web site, here's a link to the Unemployment/Social Security website.  Fascinating!  And my thanks to whoever posted earlier this week about unemployment and SS.

http://www.policyalmanac.org/social_welfare/archive/unemployment_compensation.shtml

What a way to start a Monday- I just started working for a hospital in October-They are in PA, I live in WV.  They called to tell me I am layed off- My question:

1.Do I file for unemployment in WV or where I work at in PA.

2.I do a side Dr. on the side, in Ohio, how to I do this.  I am going to be losing him at the end of the month-he is moving out of the area, but I may be on call to pick up a Nurse Pract. dication. (not much maybe 100.00 a month) How will this all go down. Do I need to get rid of this account?

Thanks

Here is what I know of it.  I currently reside in FL.  My husband has been laid off off and on for the last year.  He called FL to file unemployment.  They walk you thru a whole interview to determine your work history.  It is called "opening a file." The majority of his work over the past 36 months was from when we lived in MI.  So right now, when he files unemployment it is filed in MI.  He was told when he called MI that he is covered there until April.  When you call YOUR state and talk to them, they will walk you thru the whole thing to determine where you actually file.  We were lucky that he was covered in MI because he had less than 9 months full time work in FL and was not eligible for unemployment here. 

I am sorry about being laid-off.  It is a struggle and it is something I deal with all too much with the hubby. 

If you accepted a per line job as a medical transcriptionist, no offense, but you screwed yourself.  NEVER accept ANY job that you do not want. If the employer hired you on a per hour basis and then changed everything about it at their will and it was not the same job as you had before, check it out. BUT, I think the employer has to give 30 days notice before making any kind of changes like that, if they are allowed at all. Actually, when I got screwed over by one of my employers, who was a huge hospital organization, to this day I feel like they basically screwed me out of $14,000 savings, because I had to use it to get me through. Not only that, but after the employment office told them that they HAD to pay me unemployment benefits, I had lawyers calling my house and sending me mail out the "whazoo." Of course, I never pursued it, because although it was heartbreaking after being there many years, I actually was glad to rid myself of them. My headaches decreased, miracously I had not one more issue with my internet, and looking back, I wished I would have quit their "sorry asses" years ago. Actually, I wish I would have taken another job in another field that I think of every now and then, when I had the chance. GET OUT of transcription. Being in transcription turned me into a real bit_h and for the last couple of years working at that place and knowing what I know and that I was being "taken for a ride," it just twisted me all up and my personality was a mess. I am so much better without them and only wish that sometime in the near future I can actually get out of healthcare altogether. Good luck

I was just reading the unemployment site for my state and came across some interesting information.

It said if you quit your job due to a "material change" then you could still draw unemployment?  What would constitute a material change? 

Would it be a forced shift and day change after 2 years?  Would it be the fact that you've gone from $1000 a week to $300 a week and you are sitting in front of a computer about 16 hours a day to do that, plus working 7 days a week?  Would it be having to work third shift instead of first? 

Any thoughts, any suggestions?  If I am only going to make $300 a week, I want to draw unemployment so I can go to college and not have to deal with this BS anymore! 

I have a question.  Anybody that is drawing unemployment - did you have to be terminated or laid off, or did you just go apply because you were so low on work?  I read on the website about unemployment that if there was a "material change" that caused you to quit your job that you could still qualify for unemployment benefits.  I want to know if anybody has done that and successfully drew UE or did they deny you totally if you left your job.

My "material change" would be a significant reduction in pay (75% at least), a forced change in hours (from early morning and forced to go on late evenings/nights), and no work available most shifts.