RR. Unemployment Benefits
"The problem with unemployment is that the moment you wake up,
you’re on the job."
Slappy White, Comedian
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i. Basics
- NL 1: Unemployment Insurance Benefits: The 12 Basics You Need to Know
- QA 1: “If I don’t like my new job, can I go back on unemployment?”
ii. Eligible?
- QA 1: “Entitled to collect unemployment insurance even if full-time job offered to me?”
- QA 2: “If my boss is hostile and my job is making me sick, can I resign and collect unemployment?”
- QA 3: “After successfully completing a Performance Improvement Plan, yet still told ‘It’s just not working out’ and let go, will I be entitled to unemployment insurance?”
- QA 4: “If I am fired for harassment, can I collect unemployment?”
- QA 5: “If I turn down a different job, two hours away, with substantially lower pay, will I be eligible for unemployment benefits?”
- QA 6: “If my company is sold, can I collect unemployment insurance benefits?”
- QA 7: “Is it true church employees don’t get unemployment benefits?”
- QA 8: “I must take care of my sick child; can I get unemployment?”
- QA 9: “Resigned due to stress, overwork and burn out. Can I get unemployment?”
- QA 10: “Insulted, overworked, and benefits taken away– can I get unemployment?”
- QA 11: “Stress from work is killing me. Please help!!”
iii. Other Income Disqualifies?
- QA 1: Can I collect unemployment insurance benefits while I am collecting severance?
- QA 2: “Would earning money from stock investments disqualify me from unemployment?”
- QA 3: “In Ohio, will my receiving severance reduce or limit my collecting unemployment benefits?”
- QA 4: “Can I collect Unemployment Insurance benefits at the same time I am pursuing a claim for Workers Compensation benefits?”
iv. Applying and Appealing
- QA 1: “I’ve collected three months of severance. Can I still file for unemployment compensation now?”
- QA 2: “I’ve been denied unemployment, and I lost my appeal. I’m considering appealing again. Your thoughts?”
- QA 3: “For my appeal of a denial of unemployment benefits, should I point out that I am receiving COBRA subsidy, which makes no sense?”
- QA 4: “I have an Unemployment Benefits Appeal Hearing coming up. What do I do?”
- QA 5: “How do I resign and still get unemployment benefits?”
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