payment maryland unemployment
Receiving payment for work performed a month prior to filing for unemployment and submitting weekly unemployment claim
<p>I have been on unemployment for the month of May and am confused as to how I should answer the question "Did you work or earn wages during the week?"</p>

<p>My employer pays me monthly for work that was performed the prior month. I worked in April and just received payment. Do I need to answer "Yes" when my weekly claim is submitted next week?</p>

<p>I'm confused as to whether they just want to know if I worked this week and earned wages for it or if they also want to know if I received payment from work that was performed prior to being on unemployment? I don't want to submit fraudulent information, but I also don't want to short myself additional money I could receive since I am currently missing out on work due to being laid off due to COVID-19.</p>

<p>This is what is listed on the Maryland Department of Labor FAQ:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Question 1. Did you work or earn wages during the week?</p>
  
  <p>This question asks whether you earned any income during the week. Income from
  self-employment and wages earned as an employee must be reported in
  the week that you performed the work. If you have not been paid yet,
  you still must report your earnings. If you answer YES, then you will
  be asked to report your Gross Earnings. Gross earnings is the amount
  that you receive for work before taxes or deductions (such as for
  medical insurance premiums) are taken out. If you earned income from
  self-employment, please report what you will actually take home in
  earnings by deducting your expenses.</p>
  
  <p>FRAUD WARNING: Making of a false
  statement or representation or knowingly failing to disclose a fact to
  obtain or increase a benefit or other payment may disqualify an
  individual for these and additional benefit payments, trigger the
  imposition of interest and fees and the recovery of benefits paid.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>If I understand the quoted question correctly, you must report the week where your worked <strong>and</strong> are to recieved unemployment benefits during the same week. </p>

<p>If you receive benefits for the 27th (Monday) to 30th of April and the 1st of May (Friday), you must report the time in April which will eventually be paid. </p>

<p>You do not need to report the paid sum recieved later for April, since they are only interested when you worked and <strong>not</strong> when you were paid for that work. </p>

<p>The goal is that you should not recieve benefits for the days you worked (no overlapping). </p>

<p>Only the 1st May will be paid for that week, since you will eventually be paid for the days worked in April. </p>

<p>(This conclusion is based solely on the reading of the text, so was originally given as a comment. But since no other answer was offered... )</p>
