Can You Get Unemployment Benefits and Social Security at the Same Time?

To help ensure the unemployed can continue to cover their financial obligations, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act for short) provides expanded unemployment benefits. If you're in your 60s and you've been laid off because of the coronavirus, you'll likely want to claim these unemployment benefits, but may also be eligible for Social Security as well. If you're hoping to collect both Social Security and unemployment, you're in luck: There's nothing standing in your way of getting both.