Jul 13 2026
Connecticut Employees and Severance Pay: Can You Still Collect Unemployment Benefits?
When an employee separates from employment in Connecticut, an employer sometimes offers that employee severance or other post-employment payments. One of the most common questions we hear is whether they […]
Posted by Meaghan Kirby in Employment Law, Law Basics
Oct 9 2024
Can a Connecticut Employee Receive Both Severance Pay and Unemployment Benefits?
Summary: As of January 1, 2024, Connecticut law (Public Act 21-200) bars individuals from receiving both severance pay and unemployment benefits for the same weeks. For instance, if an employee […]
Jun 3 2024
If I’m Receiving Severance Payments, Can I Also Collect Unemployment Benefits?
Amanda DeMatteis: Hi, Josh. Josh Goodbaum: Hi, Amanda. What are we talking about today? DeMatteis: I thought we’d talk about unemployment benefits. A question we get asked a lot: “If […]
Apr 3 2020
COVID-19 Rescue Bill Boosts Unemployment: How to File
COVID-19 is causing record numbers of Americans to apply for unemployment insurance (UI) benefits. Since March 23, over 504,000 people in Connecticut applied for UI benefits. In the last two […]

