I was laid off and now am seeking unemployment

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Basshog

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I am 21 years old and a full-time student and began working for this company about a year ago just to make ends meet as I go through college. I made sure the employer knew I would work part-time and that school is my number 1 priority. I am transferring schools in January and will be moving about 5 1/2 hours away. Therefore I cannot continue working for this company. I told my employer at the beginning of November and a couple weeks later (November 22nd) he told me that he no longer has a use for me because I will be leaving in one month. I asked my employer if it has anything to do with my work performance, attendance, etc. and was told that the only reason is because I am leaving in one month. I made sure he realized that I wanted to stay but was told today is my last day.

From this point, I have filed for unempoyment and filled out loads and loads of paperwork and recieved a piece of paper today that asked me to tell me why I quit this company and that my benefits at this point may be denied.



In all of this paperwork, I made sure that I told my side of the story and left out no details, as I have NOTHING to hide and have done nothing wrong. I also included my class schedule and transfer papers to make sure they knew everything was legit.



Has anyone dealt with unemployment benefits before?? It is VERY frustrating! I am not trying to scam the system but rather just trying to squeek by through college



If my benefits are denied because I am a full-time student and put my education ahead of my part-time job...I am going to SNAP :mad: :mad:



Dusty :usa
 
Basshog said:
I am 21 years old and a full-time student and began working for this company about a year ago just to make ends meet as I go through college. I made sure the employer knew I would work part-time and that school is my number 1 priority. I am transferring schools in January and will be moving about 5 1/2 hours away. Therefore I cannot continue working for this company. I told my employer at the beginning of November and a couple weeks later (November 22nd) he told me that he no longer has a use for me because I will be leaving in one month. I asked my employer if it has anything to do with my work performance, attendance, etc. and was told that the only reason is because I am leaving in one month. I made sure he realized that I wanted to stay but was told today is my last day.

From this point, I have filed for unempoyment and filled out loads and loads of paperwork and recieved a piece of paper today that asked me to tell me why I quit this company and that my benefits at this point may be denied.



In all of this paperwork, I made sure that I told my side of the story and left out no details, as I have NOTHING to hide and have done nothing wrong. I also included my class schedule and transfer papers to make sure they knew everything was legit.



Has anyone dealt with unemployment benefits before?? It is VERY frustrating! I am not trying to scam the system but rather just trying to squeek by through college



If my benefits are denied because I am a full-time student and put my education ahead of my part-time job...I am going to SNAP :mad: :mad:



Dusty :usa
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When I used to work for a contractor installing and repairing natural gas lines I used to get laid off every winter. I did not have an issue collecting from them. not sure what state you are in but as long as they left * you * go and you did not quit you should be able to qualify. can the employer try and fight your claim , I would say yes but that is up to them. did you mention opening a claim to them ? I know when I opened a claim you had what they call a waiting week where your first week off you would not receive any compensation. also they will see what your highest quarter for the year is and if you make enough they will let you know what the weekly amount will be. the one thing in my state that sucks is that you have to pay taxes on the money from your claim. hope this gives you an idea of how it works in Pa. other states may vary, I am not really sure.
 
Tough one. I'm sure that they can view your notice of changing schools as a notice of leaving the company. You may be hard pressed to get this one.
 
If you quit you are not qualified. If you tell him you will be leaving in a month and he quits you now you might be qualified, but I am not an expert in that area to tell you what is correct. Also, law might be saying that you will receive no benefits when in school which means you might be qualified for period between now and school start but not once you are in school. Read all booklets, get yourself informed, and check with somebody that does know that area of benefits.
 
Your former employer lied to get out of paying unemployment benefits. File an appeal and tell them you were fired. You'll get your benefits.
 
You have a couple of big strikes against you on this one. First, you were giving notice that you were intending to voluntarily leave the company. Yes, he let you go a little sooner than you were going to leave anyway, but he can argue that the actual decision to end your employment was yours. If it's ruled that you quit rather than were fired you have no chance of collecting.



Second, at least where I live and a few other states I'm familiar with, if you attend any type of school or training you don't qualify for unemployment. Kinda screwy in a way IMO, but they view that as taking away from the hours that you would otherwise be available for work. I had this arguement once with the state when I was laid off from an office job while I was taking evening classes. The evening classes didn't interfer with the type of work I was seeking, but it disqualified me from benefits. Fortunately, the semester was almost over and it only delayed things by a couple of weeks.



I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings, but I think you're fighting an uphill battle on this one.
 
I also agree with velobard.



To be unemployed, you have to be "actively" seeking for work. If you're in school, then technically you're not committing yourself completely to looking for work, even if you went to night school or something like that.



Every state has different laws though. You can always file an appeal. Unemployment is actually easier to get than what most people really think. You just have to have a really strong, valid argument. When you fill out your forms online or over the phone, you're not given much space to actually tell the complete story. When you do your phone interview with the person from unemployment, they will try to be concise and to the point, but make sure you explain your story to the best of your ability. Those people hear these cases all the time to somewhat have an idea if an employer was trying to screw you over.



If you want a better answer, go to laborlawtalk.com. It's a forum for exactly this type of issue. Good luck!
 
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