Can You Collect Unemployment if You Get Severance in New York?
If you just got laid off in New York and HR handed you a severance agreement, the question gets expensive fast: can you take the severance and still collect unemployment? Sometimes, yes. In New York, severance is usually treated as dismissal pay, which can delay or block unemployment benefits. But the state also says that if your first severance payment arrives more than 30 days after your last day worked, you may still be eligible for unemployment if you meet the other rules. ...