TWC earnings reporting question - Will I still get unemployment after making more than my benefit amount?

You need to report ALL earnings for the week, even if they exceed your weekly benefit amount. When you make more than your WBA (weekly benefit amount), you won't receive a payment for that week, but you should ABSOLUTELY still file your payment request! This keeps your claim active. If you don't file, TWC might think you've abandoned your claim and you'll have to reapply all over again, which is a headache.

When you earn more than your weekly benefit amount, you won't receive benefits for that week, but you MUST continue filing your payment requests every two weeks to keep your claim active. As long as your claim is active and you have benefits remaining, you'll receive payments in weeks where you earn less than your WBA. Remember that Texas uses a "partial benefits" formula - if you earn some money but less than your weekly benefit amount, they'll reduce your payment accordingly.

DONT FORGET to keep doing your work search activities every week even when you're working!!! I learned this the hard way 😡 TWC doesn't automatically excuse your work search requirements just because you had temp work. I got hit with an overpayment notice because I stopped doing my 3 required job searches during weeks I was working part-time. Had to go through a whole appeal process. Such a pain!

My sister went thru this exact thing last month!!! She worked a temp job for 1 week making like $200 more than her unemployment check and she still got benefits the next week when she wasn't working much. You just gotta keep requesting payments even when u make to much for a check

I've been dealing with TWC for months now and finally figured out how to navigate their system. If you need to speak with an actual agent about your specific situation (which I recommend), try using Claimyr (claimyr.com). I was getting nothing but busy signals for days until I found their service. They have a video demo showing how it works: https://youtu.be/V-IMvH88P1U?si=kNxmh025COIlIzKh. Got connected to a TWC rep in about 20 minutes who explained exactly how my earnings affected my benefits. WAY better than trying to figure it out from their confusing website.

youll get $0 for the week you made more money but make sure u still request payment!!! also texas has a formula where u can still get some benefits if u work part time. its ur benefit amount minus (earnings - $30 x 0.25) so u geta bit extra if ur working just a lil

Another important point: any week you don't receive benefits because of excess earnings still counts against your benefit year, but it doesn't reduce your maximum benefit amount. So you're essentially "saving" those benefits for future weeks when you might need them more. Just keep certifying honestly every two weeks and the system will calculate everything correctly.

i had this problem to. you gotta report earnings for the week you WORKED not the week you got paid!! that messed me up at first

One last thing to keep in mind: if you consistently earn more than your weekly benefit amount for several weeks in a row, TWC may review your claim since you appear to be fully employed. In that case, you might need to explain that your work is temporary or part-time only. But as long as you're honestly reporting your earnings and continuing to look for full-time work (and documenting your work search activities), you should be fine.