Can you collect Michigan unemployment while working part time?
Asked by Dan W
My wife has a full time job and a part time job. If she is laid off from her full time job can she collect unemployment and still keep her part time job? If it prorated, would she make less money if she worked her $8 per hour part time job? Well I called the Unemployment office and here's the deal. You can work a part time job and collect. For every $1 you make on the part time job (gross), up to 50% of the total of your unemployment entitlement, $.50 will be deducted from your unemployment check. So, if you are entitled to $362 per week in unemployment, and you have a part time job paying $10 per hour, the state will deduct $5 from your check for every hour you work. If the part time job has typical tax withholding, this could result in less than $3 per hour take home from the $10 per hour job. Not a lot of incentive there. Thanks all..

Best Answer:
It depends on how much they allow her to make.

Sometimes. It is actually called "under- employment," and is generally paid when the part time work earns less than half of what you were earning at your full time job. Each case is different, but it is possible.
Answered by alwaysmarried