most states you can only get a partial unemployment if your total income is less than what you would be eligible for under unemployment. Most states being eligible required a cut in hours between 40-60%

IE, for the last year you have made $800 a week. Max weekly benefit is $450, in order to qualify you would have to make $449 or less to get up to $450 per week. So if you all of a sudden got cut down to $448 you would make $2 in unemployment so that your total weekly income equals the max weekly benefit. Normal benefit amount depending on state is roughly 40-60% of weekly earnings so you would have be below that amount, and 8 hours won’t get you there.