Unemployment Benefits Blog

What do I think an employee should know about how to collect unemployment benefits?

Well, in my own mind it’s to know the same stuff employers, or their claim management companies know .. about unemployment eligibility, including what may disqualify a person from benefits by using eligibility rules to sway a State Unemployment Administrative Law Agency, when it comes to reasoning if someone should be able to collect, or be denied unemployment benefits.

Collecting, and denying unemployment benefits, is not rocket science, but the process is positively quasi-legal, with few definitive answers. The expectation of both an employer and an unemployed employee, is they know how to work within a somewhat legal administrative process, to obtain a fair and impartial outcome when fault is finally assigned .. after a lower level tribunal unemployment hearing.

Is it really viable to quit a job due to a substantial change or reduction in pay?

by TS (Connecticut) I'm in IT and have worked for the same company for 15+years. After 8yrs I was …

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I wasn’t able to show up for my appeal date

by Beth (California) I was fired on 8-13-12. I was eligible to receive EDD Benefits till now. My …

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I was fired because of excessive absenses. Can I still get unemployment in Arizona?

by Brenda (Arizona Unemployment) I was fired because of excessive absenses. Can I still get unemployment …

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I quit my job which was soon to end in a layoff, due to workplace harassement

(OK Unemployment Benefits) I live in Oklahoma and have worked at a job for over 25 years but they will be closing …

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Invaluable help and advice!

by Luis R. Fitch (San Diego, CA) I was refused UI benefits by an employer in CA who accused me of several …

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I’m wondering if I have been short changed…

by AJ (California) Hello,I applied for unemployment on the internet and disclosed that I was making 400 …

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I quit my job due to retaliation will I be eligble for benefits

by Marlene (indiana) I quit my job due to retaliation will i be eligible for benefitsHi Marlene,Did you …

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i quit because my boss went into rages.

by Kathleen (tulsa) My boss has been abusive since i would say a month or so after i first started....a …

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I was Perceived to Have a Disability

If I was perceived to have first stage Alzheimer or dementia and it was told to other employees in an office with the door open is …

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I was hired as a full time overnight person, company does not have work available for me and wants to make me part time till something becomes available, I live in Florida.

by Anonymous (Florida) I work as a security officer in the state of Florida. My company just lost the …

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