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INCOME UNEARNED
UNION BENEFITS (OTHER THAN PENSIONS)
Description: Union benefits are payments received by the A/R from labor organizations during strikes, lockouts, periods of unemployment or periods of disability. Many unions have strike funds, layoff funds or health and welfare funds that pay benefits to members when they are not working. These vary considerably in amount and availability by such factors as the type of union, the number of members out of work and the reason for the unemployment.
Policy: Union benefits are countable unearned income.
When to Verify: (a) When the A/R declares in the application that s/he is in receipt of union benefits;
(b)When the A/R declares in the application that s/he was…#
(b) When the A/R declares in the application that s/he was recently employed and declares in the application that s/he is a past or present union member;
(c)When the case record indicates that the A/R received…#
(c) When the case record indicates that the A/R received union benefits, but the A/R does not now declare that s/he is receiving them.