If I Receive Severance Pay When Do My Minnesota Unemployment Benefits Start?
If you are laid off from your job and receive a severance package you can sill file for Minnesota unemployment benefits but do not expect any unemployment pay until after your severance pay has run out. This also goes for vacation pay, sick pay and any holiday pay you may receive. When you are laid off your severance and other pay is still considered employment pay even if you are not still employed. Because of this your unemployment checks will not start until the pay you received as severance has run out. You should still file your Minnesota unemployment claim as soon as you are laid off, but just know that the severance pay will delay the start of your unemployment pay.