Question about unemployment benefits and income? Get free advice!

Questioner

Good day, I have two paid jobs, of which 1 job the contract expires soon. I meet the weeks requirement and I want to apply for unemployment benefits. I would like to know if the income from the other job is deducted from the unemployment benefit? So it concerns wages that I already had BEFORE I became unemployed.

Lawyer

Your income will not be reduced because you already had this job before you became unemployed from your other job.

Questioner

Thanks for your message. Can I find this information somewhere? So in black and white on paper? I couldn't find this on the UWV website.

Lawyer

The answer is not literally found on the UWV website, but follows from the system of the WW. You lose part of your hours and are partially unemployed. For the hours you lose, you are entitled to WW. The income you already had from your other job has no effect because it cannot compensate for your loss of hours.