Comments on: How To File For Unemployment Insurance Benefits

By: Richard

Richard — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:32:05 +0000

I work in PA. my position was eliminated — my employer wanted me to sign a paper agreeing that I take a pay cut of over $700 and a lower position. Can I file for unemploymnet?

By: Debbie

Debbie — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:22:50 +0000

If I work in one state but live in a neighboring state, where do I file my unemployment insurance benefits with? My guess is that I ought to file it with the state I actually work in since that’s where my current employer is paying his unemployment insurance premiums to, however I can also see how the state I reside in might be responsible as well since I do pay income taxes to them.

Either way, I dread filing for unemployment benefits. Just got laid off from my administrative assistant job. Makes me feel like I’ve done something wrong, but I guess free money is free money and besides, it’s governmental money that I’m entitled to. In this rough recession, who in the right mind would turn down a much needed handout I suppose. This economy needs major help.

By: Sandra Cade-Crowell

Sandra Cade-Crowell — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:18:30 +0000

I was wrking a job in Louisiana and my husbands company relocated us to another state and I had to quit my job to go with my husband. Am I eligible to draw UI in the state of louisiana? I have been filing for ten weeks and every week I get a letter from Louisiana UI stating a determination has not been decided yet to keep filing. I have called UI’s office 14 times and have been on hold up to 1 hour and still have yet to talk to a person. Can you HELP with suggestions

By: Meredith

Meredith — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:23:00 +0000

I just spoke with the labor board in the state of CA and was informed that though I did give my resignation by the company letting me go befor that date I was “Fired”. Can I file a claim for unemployment with that?

By: David

David — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:40:03 +0000

I worked for a company that was primarily construction and they branched off into a media division. I was hired as lead technician for the media division at a base salary of 50k a year. Due to lack of work I received a letter from the office stating that my position was being ELIMINATED and that they wanted to offer me a position on the construction side (of which I have no experience) for an hourly rate of 1/2 what I was making and they took the company van back as well. I live an hour away and the gas alone would kill me. I turned down the position for these reasons and filed for UE. I get one check and 2 days later I receive a letter from the EC informing me of a hearing for eligibility due to concern raised om whether I QUIT for good cause. Do I have the right to UE because I believe I do. Please let me know. I do not want to collect UE if I will get burned for some crap like this. I have a family of 4 and trying to find work but this industry of audio/video is dead at the moment. I live in VA by the way.

By: Jane

Jane — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:33:01 +0000

If I make a claim for uneployment and move to another state can I still collect my money while looking for another job?

By: Matt S

Matt S — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 02:01:27 +0000

I am a NC business owner that is structured as a PLLC (professional limited liability company) filing as an S-Corp. I have been paid as an employee through payroll for several years and therefore had SUTA withheld. My business partner and I do not want to close the business, but cannot continue to ‘pay’ ourselves through a credit line. We are a design service company and have little to no work at the moment. Can we collect unemployment for a short period of time until business picks up again?

By: EJ

EJ — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:33:49 +0000

hi raymond, i recent filed the claim for unemployment ( i was a teacher at public school) but now i also work 28 hours as part time earn about $330per week before tax reduction. what I am worried about is tax filing. am I able to receive any benefit? or do i need to pay the tax…
I am on the edge so.. I am so so worrried.
what can i do?

By: Cindy

Cindy — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:05:46 +0000

I am currently laid off from my job as a secretary for the school system in Michigan. I am currently seeking employment, but my search is taking me further and further from my home. If I get a job offer from a company that is too far (in my mind) to travel everyday, do I have to accept the job. I own a home and have children that attend school, etc. I guess I am wondering what the distance is that would require me to accept a job offer, or lose my unemployment benefits.

By: Tony G

Tony G — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:11:23 +0000

Hi, I received a bonus in a quarter that was more than 1.5x the total of my other 3 quarters of compensation. Because of this, I was denied Emergency Unemployment Extension. The criteria prevents individuals from receiving extended benefits if any quarter of income is more than 1.5x the sum of the other three quarters. The reason this was implemented is to prevent people from receiving unemployment if they only worked one quarter or so. In my case, I worked all year, but received a large bonus in the 4th quarter that was earned throughout the course of the year, similar to how an insurance company receives a lump sum payment for insurance that is earned throughout the entire period.

Anybody have any advice on how i can appeal this? i can’t find a job and the bonus money is gone!

By: Linda

Linda — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:05:46 +0000

I received a questionnaire from the unemployment office asking how much do I have in my checking and savings accounts. Can they disqualify me because I have sufficient funds to carry me until I find a job? My husband passed away and I had to sell my home and move in with my daughter in another state. So I filed to see if I can collect until I get a job.

By: Delitta

Delitta — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:40:58 +0000

Hi, I recently quit one job to go to a higher paying job. After working there for only a month, the position I have is being cut. I was offered a severance check for two weeks, or let them transfer me to another location within a 25 mile radius of the location I work at. Not knowing what department I will be in or where I will be transfered to bothers me. If I take that option, I forfeit my severance.

Will I be able to file for unemployment in the state of California?

By: Charles (Rob) Mills

Charles (Rob) Mills — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:22:55 +0000

I have been unemployed for several months and drawing unemployment. I have found a part time job but I will not get paid for 2 weeks. Can I still file my claim at the end of the first work week? I worked that week but will not be paid until the following week. I live in Indiana.
Thanks, Rob.

By: Anne

Anne — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:34:12 +0000

My husband has been collecting unemployment in MI for more than a year (we have the highest unemployment rate in the country) and NOW, after more than a year, his former employer states he quit, and we have to answer MESC as to why we filed that he was laid off. He worked for a security company that lost its contract where he was employed. The point is, how can they claim he quit after all this time? If they really thought that, wouldn’t they have had to claim that in the beginning? Can they change their position like this?

By: vince

vince — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 21:37:15 +0000

Question: If I got fired for misconduct of theft, can I still file for unemployment benifits? I know i didn’t steal anything but I still got fired. I am having a hard time finding a lawyer to represent me but I am still looking. Please advise. Greatly appreciated.