Blogger has benefits removed over Google AdSense payments

[snopes]

A lawyer made redundant during the economic downturn has had her benefits suspended – because she earns cents a day from her personal food blog.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/p...-payments.html

[AnglRdr]

But the woman has now had her unemployment payouts suspended while the department investigates whether the Google AdSense money should be classified as "residual" – which can be discounted – or the fruits of self-employment, which would lead to a deduction in her weekly cheques.

Wouldn't the deduction only be for the amount she earns? I'd be surprised if it would make her ineligible for benefits altogether.

[zman977]

In Illinois you can make a maximum of $288 at another job and still get unemployment benifits. I found this out when I was let go from the radio station I applied and because I make over the limit at Wa-Mart I was denied. My wife still qualified though becase she does not make over the limit at her part time job. She does have to report the hours she works every two weeks and they adjust her unemaployment based on that.