Q: Receiving unemployment but still employed. How to resolve?
At the start of Covid my girlfriend's boss was talking about cutting hours/days to save money due to loss of revenue. So we signed her up for CA EDD. She hasn't been cut hours so we never followed through with certifying the weeks in order to actually receive the benifits. She's received two large unemployment checks as if she's been laid off. We havent certified the weeks but they sent the check anyways. What should we do? Also the unemployment checks are several hundred dollars more than her normal paycheck.
A:
You need to return the checks. Do not cash them. You do not have a legal right to that money, and if you take the money you can be the subject of a reimbursement action where they can seek the money, interest and penalties plus attorney fees.
Good luck to you.
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