• Quit to move with your spouse, Texas reduces the number of weeks and the amount of benefits you can receive.

• Quit to move with your military spouse, Texas lets you receive benefits without penalty if your spouse has a permanent change of station longer than 120 days or a tour of duty longer than one year.

See http://www.twc.state.tx.us/ui/bnfts/bi-99.pdf

The company has told us that because we were offered another job, we cannot collect unemployment. The job is not acceptable to either me or my office mate because of location. Is the company right about being unable to collect?

The following is from the State of Illinois Department of Employment Security Unemployment Insurance Benefits Handbook:

Combined Wage Claim

A nationwide arrangement exists that allows you, under certain circumstances, to combine the wages you have earned in more than one state either to qualify you for benefits or to increase your benefits.

If you have worked in other states during the past two years, be sure to tell the claims representative when you file your new claim. You will be given complete information about your rights to file a Combined Wage Claim.

http://www.ides.state.il.us/uidocs/bis/handbook.pdf

Those questions look like they came from OMB Standard Form 86. Rather than take a chance on the proper interpretation of the questions, you might want to get clarification from someone within the agency first.

Georgia may look on your situation as being voluntary. You have a choice (though admittedly not much of one) on whether or not to move.

You can apply and see what their decision is.

The standard set out in Georgia’s unemployment handbook is:

YOUR JOB SEPARATION

1. You must be unemployed or partially unemployed through no fault of
your own to receive benefits. Information will be obtained from your
employer regarding your separation. Examples of potentially
qualifying reasons are:

You were laid off due to lack of work.

You are still working but the employer reduced your hours due
to a lack of work.

You were fired without work-related misconduct.

You quit your job for a good work-related reason.

http://www.dol.state.ga.us/pdf/forms/dol414.pdf

If you earned enough money in covered employment you may qualify for benefits, even if your work was part time.

See the following handbook beginning on page 2.

http://www.labor.state.ny.us/formsdocs/ui/TC318_3e.pdf

Has any of the following happened to you in the last 7 years?
1. Fired from a job
2. Quit a job after being told you would be fired
3. Left a job by mutual agreement following charges or allegations of misconduct
4. Left a job by mutual agreement following notice of unsatisfactory performance
5. Left a job for other reasons under unfavorable circumstances
6. Laid off from job by employer

Should I answer this question as a no or say yes.

Laura

It costs nothing to file online and see what the response is. The following information may be useful:

WEEKLY BENEFIT AMOUNT FORMULA: Divide the sum of the wages earned during the highest quarter of the base period by 26, rounded down to the next lower whole dollar. The result cannot exceed the maximum weekly benefit amount allowed by law. If the amount is less than fifteen dollars ($15.00), the individual is not eligible for benefits.

The Base Period is made up of the first four of the last five completed calendar quarters prior to the claim filing.

A Calendar Quarter consists of a three consecutive month period in the calendar year:

1st Quarter = January 1 through March 31
2nd Quarter = April 1 through June 30
3rd Quarter = July 1 through September 30
4th Quarter = October 1 through December 31

http://www.osp.state.nc.us/emprsk/UI/UI%20info04-05.pdf

Thank you for your helpful service. I managed a retail business for almost ten years. Our owner decided to close my location, but keep her mother-store in operation. I was not offered a position there, due to her hoping to downsize to prepare for retirement- as she is almost 78 years old. We have a good friendship, and continue to see each other frequently.

She asked me recently, if I had filed for UI. When I told her no, she said she had paid into the fund, and that I was entitled to be paid UI, due to her closing that business and my involuntary layoff. I told her I did not know I could file, and felt awkward. about doing so. She encouraged me to file- so I began thinking about it. Now I am wondering if it may be too late. The business I managed closed in July 2009 in North Carolina. I did run the business and was the sole employee there for almost ten years straight.

Have I waited too long to file, and if not~ what is the procedure. Also, how long can I expect to draw UI, if all other requirements are met and at about what percentage of my averaged pay.

Thank you.

Milo,

Once you submit your claim, the state of Florida will get information from your former employer. Based on the information received, the state will make a determination as to whether your claim for benefits will be granted or denied.

You may find the following link and text useful:

http://www.floridajobs.org/Unemployment/bri/BRI%20English%20Rev%2010-2007%20for%20web.pdf

When potentially disqualifying information is received from former employers or other valid sources:

• Your claim will be sent to the Adjudication Unit.
• You may be contacted for additional information.
• A separate determination will be made for each issue and employer.

When the investigation is completed, a written determination will be mailed to explain whether benefits are allowed or denied.

Read your determination carefully!

• If your claim is payable, you will receive a payment for any payable weeks that you claimed.
• If your claim is not payable, the determination will explain the reason for denial and your appeal rights.

If you disagree with a determination that denies benefits, you may request an appeal hearing. See page 10 in this booklet for more information.

Some of the reasons a person may be denied benefits are as follows:

• Quitting either part-time or full-time work for personal reasons. Benefit payments can only be paid if you quit for good cause attributable to your employer, or for a personal illness or disability that made it necessary for you to leave the job.
• Being discharged for misconduct connected with work. Misconduct is an intentional or controllable act or failure to take action, which shows a deliberate disregard of the employer’s interests. Misconduct may include breaking a known company policy.
• Not being able to work or available for work. You must be able, ready and willing to accept a suitable job immediately. You must also be able to get to work and have adequate child care in order to be able to work.
• Refusing an offer of suitable work.
• Being on a leave of absence you requested.
• Knowingly making false statements to obtain benefit payments.