<prompt> Human: My boyfriend has always been bad with finances. He was making six figures in his early 20s, but did not manage it properly. This past year, he was fired from two jobs within a few months of each other both start ups, which are never very reliable and while seeking another job, he applied for unemployment. He was recently approved for the unemployment and the first paycheck approximately 400 per week goes through this week. However, last week he got an immediate-start six week contract position with an extremely small company worth 8k. Hes working from home and fears the contract could be terminated early before he would receive the full 8k. Im very confused about this scenario. I quizzed him a little bit on it, and he said that every two weeks he has to send documentation about his job search and any interviews he is going on. He is indeed seeking full-time employment while working on this contract, but at 8,000 for less than two months of work, I feel like this is a fishy scenario. Is this not illegal, will he get caught when tax season rolls around, and what will happen if he doesnt listen to me when I say he should probably stop the payments now that he has somewhat of an income?  <response>: Is this not illegalYep, and they will probably find out. He needs to report the income to the unemployment people. 