I have no idea how this works so I'll put it out there and hope someone knows, I was laid off 3/27 and was told I'd be called back when this mess is over, filed for unemployment 3/29, was off two days when the boss called and said "I have a proposition for you, we have a project that should take about a week, we can pay you and you can still claim unemployment are you interested?" and I was so bored at home and happy that I just said "I'm there", went in and worked Wednesday, Thursday and Friday last week and will go back in tomorrow for a few days to maybe a week at most if that. It is not my "real" job there, it is a project that they need to get done fairly quickly. A woman I work with who was supposed to come in tomorrow to do it changed her mind, I talked to her yesterday on the phone and she said she called and told them "I don't want to mess up my unemployment" but her husband is not doing well and I said to her "plus you don't want to take any sickness home" as that would do him in and she said "exactly" so that might be the real reasoning behind it but that is moot, I am wondering how I can do this and keep it legal and not wrestle with it mentally as I am an honest guy? I believe they are planning on just writing me a check for my normal hourly wage times how many hours I worked without taking any taxes out, it is not a lot of money trust me, but is this something that is wrong to do? And if I don't claim these dates worked when I finally do claim unemployment they'll question that and that might screw things up there? Maybe they could write me a few smaller checks as I know you CAN work will collecting unemployment but I can hear them saying "it's this lump sum check or nothing", so any advice would be appreciated. I know most people would tell me I'm crazy for worrying about it, it's a short time project and not a lot of money they'd say "just take it" and again it is for the same company but is not my regular job.
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