People who have lost jobs often file for unemployment benefits. These weekly payments help the out-of-work individuals pay for groceries, utilities and housing while they look for new work. Sometimes, an unemployed worker may take a position with a temp agency. This will likely cause the person to receive fewer benefits or to miss several weeks of benefits, but will not render the person entirely ineligible for benefits.
Eligibility
In order to receive unemployment, a person must have lost his job recently. In calculating the benefit payments he should receive, the state agency will look at both the amount of money that he was receiving before he lost his job, and how much money he is receiving now. Generally, he must refile for benefits every week to two weeks, or he will not continue to receive benefit payments.
Temporary Jobs
Temp agencies place people in temporary positions. These assignments can last anywhere from several hours to several months. In some cases, these temporary positions will turn into long-term, full-time jobs. However, more often, the person placed in the temporary position will finish her assignment and then wait to be given a new one. Sometimes this will happen right away; other times, the person may have to wait a significant length of time.
Temporary Disqualification
Typically, when a person takes a temporary job, he is not taken off unemployment fully. Instead, during weeks he is working, the person will simply be ineligible to receive benefits -- or, if he is being paid only a small amount, he will receive only partial benefits. When the assignment ends, the person will be allowed to go back to receiving full unemployment benefits for weeks in which he has no work.
Considerations
While on unemployment, a person is required to continue to look for work, and if suitable work is offered to her, to take the job. If a person working for a temp agency is offered a full-time position, she may be legally required to take it. If the state agency that administers benefits deems the job suitable and the person refuses to take it, then she may lose her right to receive additional benefits.
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