Do You Qualify for Unemployment?

4 Weeks ago I was called in to my supervisors office. I was told I had to resign or be fired that day.
I was told if I resign that I could be eligible for rehire in the future. That if other companies I applied to called for reference they would tell them I am eligible for rehire. I felt I worked in a hostile work environement, others I worked with expressed the same thing. They were very hard on me. Do I qualify. Can I go back and change my resignation? Eileen

From March 2008 to June 2009 I worked as a Police Officer. June 2009 a changed jobs as a rental maintenance mechanic. Prior to this employment I had a verbal agreement that I would be my own boss as long as all the trouble calls were completed. I expressly informed him that I was able to do all work required with the exception of HVAC, (I can install HVAC but not qualified to troubleshoot) He agreed that I would try my best on the HVAC and if I was unable to repair he would call a HVAC technician. Oct 2009 my boss informed me he was had received numerous reports that I allowed my co-worker to do all the work when the boss was not around, that I was constantly on the cell phone. Neither of these were true. He also stated that since I had failed to repair 2 out of approx 20 HVAC service calls he wanted to let me go and hire someone with more HVAC experience and I could collect my last paycheck and go home. Since I have only worked at this job for 4 months can I still collect unemployment?

I have worked as a real estate agent for 10 years. My license is held by a broker/owner of a large international franchise company. With the severe decline in the real estate market, I have not been able to generate enough income to support my family. The company charges a $750 monthly "management fee" which enables you to earn commissions under their broker license. My income is reported on a 1099 form. I am actively seeking employment outside of the real estate industry. With the severe fall of in my commissions this year, I have arrived at a point where it is no longer possible to continue paying the $750 fee and consequently eliminates by ability to earn commissions with that company. If I can not make the management fee payments they will send my license back to the State to be held in escrow. While I'm looking for other employment, is it possible to receive unemployment compensation?

I was recently disharged. I just had my hearing for unemployment benefits. I worked for a food distribution center. I worked for this company for 6 years. During my last 2 years I loaded trucks. Just this year the managment complained of soft sales. They laid off a few clerks. However, they said they were going to keep everyone on the warehouse floor due to the fact that they were going to lose some employees anyways who were close in points for being absent or late. I was totally safe. I had only a 2.5 points out of 6. Well, then it got crazy. I never had a write up in the 2 years that I loaded. But, all of the sudden I get 3 in 3 months for not following company policy loading procedures. I never seen any policy in writing on loading procedures until the day before the unemployment hearing. Oh, and by the way, all 3 write ups were different! I still signed that final write up though and the lawyer representing the employer was all over that fact. My testimony was simply; "Show me the policies for loading procedures with my signiture on it proving that any of it was a known policy." The Hearing Officer then asked the employer; "Was this policy known to the employees and did all of them recieve a copy of them and/or are they posted anywhere in the warhouse or in the employee handbook?" The employer simply replied; "No." So you see...even though I signed the final write up I did not know they were against loading procedures until after the fact. My question now is; Do I have a chance on this? I mean getting unemployment benefits?

I am currently employed by a company which I will not name. I am an assistant manager and a worker under me has been reported to say that she is out to get me fired before she does. Exact quote, better her ass than mine. I have reported this to my supervisor who has done nothing about the comment but instead continues to write me up for complaints this same person keeps making about me. I have been activiely seeking new employment so that I can quit however I have had no luck and fear getting fired. If i do get fired, I have only lived in florida for 8 months however been with the company over three years. Does anyone happen to know if i can qualify for unemployment while I am looking for a job. I have a young child and am pregnant again and the thought of losing my job scares me terribly. any thought?

I WORKED AT A JOB FOR MORE THAN A YEAR, AND WAS ADVISED THAT I NEEDED TO WATCH MY ATTENDANCE. WELL LONG STORY SHORT, I GOT A RAISE AT MY 1 YEAR AND 2 MONTHS. WELL THEN ON OCTOBER 5, I GO TO WORK AND WAS TERMINATED FOR MY ATTENDANCE. CAN I STILL RECEIVE MY UNEPMPLOYMENT BENEFITS. I APPLIED ON THAT DAY, AND NOW TO DATE HAVE RECEIVED NOTHING FROM THEM, AND WHEN I CALL I AM PLACED ON HOLD FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. DO YOU THINK I WILL BE APPROVED??? I AM IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

I was employed at a company for over a year, however, halfway through my employment i had to move due to the economy and this made my drive to my job nearly two hours long. I asked my employer for a transfer to a location closer to my new residence several times and nothing ever came of it. Subsequently, I had to quit because with the price of gas I could no longer pay my bills and continue to work with a 160 mile round trip per day. I am currently seeking a job and have been for two months, having applied at over twenty jobs but nothing has come of it. I am now in a very tight spot financially until I can get another job. Am I eligible for unemployment?

I worked for Chas Roberts Air Conditioning. Myself and another guy were sent to a house to change out the indoor coil. To get the old coil out and the new coil in the flex connecting the gas to the furnance had to be disconected first and moved out of the way to get the coil out. After the old coil had been pulled and the other coil had been replaced. The guy with me told me he would put every thing back together in the attic so I went down outside of the home to vaccume down the system and load the old coil. Before I had finished he came outside to my van with all of my tools and said everything in the attic had been done. I weighed in the charge and started the air conditioning system. The builder there came some time later I guess and smelled gas. The guy with me had failed to reconnect the gas line. I was fired for not folliowng precedure and he still has a job. They said it was my respnsibility to call the builder and inform him that the gas had been disconected. My supervisor had been at this house the day before and knew that the gas would have to diconected to change out the. I called him at the time of the call telling him that the gas lines would have to be disconected to replace the coil. He said disconect it but never said anything about calling the builder. If the guy with me an employee of eight years had not told me everything in the attic was done and brought all of my tools down to me I would have gone back up in the attic to get them and checked for myself if everything was reconnected. I had even turned the gas valve off at the meter outside and failed to turn turn it back when I left. I can only assume that the builder must have turned the gas vave at the gas meter back on and smelled the gas because the house closed at 1:00 pm that day. Now there is some debate to whether I can draw my unemployment according to DES. Why ? Why am I job less , much less worrying about whether I'm going to be able to draw my unemployment ?

hi, its been 3 years since my last job I'm 23 now. I started the job when I was 19 their for prob 6 or 7 months. I was let go due to I didn't call into work my aunt had passed an also my relationship with my girl ended horribly. So I was a mess an depressed, took me a long time to get over it all. I haven't worked a job since then besides like cash jobs here an their. I was wondering if I would still be able to get some type of unemployment? Currently finding work is hard. Thank you in advance

I was terminated in April from a call center for holding the "not ready" button for too long while training new employees. I did not think I could apply for unemployment because I was "terminated". About a month later I found a part-time job which I thought would lead to full-time, but it never did; in fact my part-time hours were cut making it cost more for the gas to get to the job then what I was earning. I only worked there for about 6 weeks. Someone just told me I should file for unemployment because the reason I was fired from the first job was a performance based reason. Does it appear I would qualify for unemployment and can I still apply even though it's been 6 months? Also, since the 2nd job was only part-time, does that information need to be provided when filling out the unemployment application?
Thanks

I filed for unemployment at the beginning of September, I left my job due to health issues, I was constantly dizzy and having bad migraines which started October of 2008. My doctor was giving me letters stating I should be off, but they had not been covered under FMLA. I was admitted in the hospital for dizziness and blurry vision in January of 2009 for a little over a week. I then had FMLA approved so it saved me for the moment. My health continued to decline and I was back again missing days. I was giving another FMLA package that needed to be filled out by the Neurologist. I had a difficult time getting it from her due to death in her family and her leaving the country for a month. The time had come and gone and I still didn't get her to fill out everything they were asking, which was how many days would I need off when these spells come on. Since I was not able to get my primary care to do it for me by the time for the needed information, FMLA was denied. My jobs had already sat me down a lot before FMLA was approved stating that I can't miss anymore days even though they knew of my health risk and the help I was receiving from my cardiologist, neurology, and primary care doctor. I didn't know if I should step down and leave instead of being fired so I decided to leave. I applied and sent unemployment a letter from two doctors stating my illness; I received a letter from unemployment stating that I am being denied because I am unable and unwilling to work. I am able to work so I got one of my doctor's to write me another stating that I can work and a spreadsheet of jobs I have applied for and some of their responses. I resubmitted a reconsideration letter to Florida Unemployment Dept in Tallahassee. I also received a hearing date but I am hoping that my resubmitted letter will be enough so that I will not have to do an appeal. Do you think it is enough information to get a second look or should I prepare for the hearing?

My son was laid off from a company after 6 years of customer service work this past February. In April he sub contracted himself out to paint an association of townhomes. The job is now finished - he worked for a self employed contractor who did not pay any benefits including unemployment. Shouldn't my son still be able to collect on benefits from the previous employer who laid him off now that he is unemployed again due to no fault of his own. He could have just remained on unemployment this whole time rather then actually working productively.

My wife's position at a non-profit church was terminated and she was offered a lesser job at an hourly rate 25% less than her previous salary.They gave her 5 days to decide. Does she qualify for unemployment? When the fifth day expires this Friday should she go to work?

I was working in security for about 6 months and was laid off and do not know if I can qualify for unemployment because the tax form I filled out was for a private contractor where I pay my taxes at the end of the year, I was given a choice of tax forms to fill out and did not know I could not file for unemployment if I was laid off. I would like to know if I could possibly qualify as I should not have been given this tax form, I was definately an employee and not a private contractor as a full time security guard. Is their any chance that I can be re-classified as an employee and then qualify? This happend to me more than 2 months ago.

I was recently fired from my job. I worked for a bank. I was a teller and vault teller. We were short handed after a 3 day weekend. I was very busy helping customers. I had a co-worker verifying money that was sold from individual tellers, at the end of the business day I balanced the vault and it was short 2000.00. They fired me 8 days later. Ive worked there for 11 months. My bank collapsed. FDIC came in on Aug,21,2009 and closed us down. BBVA Compass took over. We lost our sick time and FDIC payed our remaining vacation time. I filled for unemployment. My job said that I was fired for not following policy. I never received the policies for BBVA Compass. I was denied unemployment because I was fired. I'm going to appeal it. Do I have a solid case. Please help.

I WAS FIRED FROM A JOB I HAD FOR 5 YEARS FOUND ANOTHER AS SOON AS I WAS UNEMPLOYED NOW AFTER FOUR WEEKS THE RUMMER IS THEY ARE GOING TO LAY OFF. IF THIS HAPPENS WILL I BE ABLE TO COLLECT UNEMPLOYMENT TELL I CAN FIND ANOTHER JOB OR GET CALLED BACK. PLEASE CAN ANYONE HELP WITH THIS INFORMATION

I was unable to perform my duties due to illness, I told this to my HR director and they said I resigned . I live in South Carolina and am able to seek suitable employment . Can I get unemployment benefits.

Okay, so this is long and confusing, but it happened to me and I dont know what to do....so if someone can help here is my story. The placed I work at for 4 years (I was a manager for 2 years) randomly fires me, and the only reason he gave me was because he lost confidence in me, but would not give me a reason why he lost confidence in me. So this happened on Sunday September 20 and he had also talked to my mom and told her the reason I was fired was because I was too hard headed. He also told my mom that he thought I was stealing so he wanted to do an investigation before he gave me my separation notice. So today (Thursday September 24) my mom talked to him on the phone and said we wanted the separation notice today, he told me to come up there around a certain time so I did. When I got there he told me that I was now being demoted from manager (so i was just a server now) and that they were just suspending me, I wasn't fired. But its only because he had no proof of me stealing anything (because I didn't) and I would more than likely be able to claim unemployment so he just said never mind your not fired. Is this illegal in the state of Georgia? Now i cant claim unemployment? i either go back to work there, or I go get a new job and he just gets away with this?

I worked for 1.5 years in the sales department of a company successfully for a very challenging boss. I took a position in the marketing department of the same company and have been there for five months. I am currently on probation for "poor performance" but feel as though my boss has been abusing me, thus my poor performance. I don't think it qualifies as abuse officially because I haven't been attacked personally, or at least that's what HR says. She screams and yells at me, ignores me other times, doesn't give clear direction; as a result I have been so nervous and stressed that I have anxiety attacks, can't eat, or sleep. If I quit for the sake of my health, can I collect unemployment ?

Please help me.....any advice would be great. I need all the help I can get for this case:

What happened:
I was scheduled to work at noon on Friday. I ended up being truly sick and incapable of leaving the toilet for long periods of time. Also, I did not have my phone, so I had to wait to call in until I had my phone again. So, at noon, I received a call from my shift leader stating that "I was supposed to work at noon, and this was my last chance." So, about 30 mins. to a half hour later, I called in sick. My shift leader stated "you know you have to be done now, right?" So, I called the next day to verify and my boss said that I "quit" with a "no call, no show." However, I did call. It was just after my shift. I hear that the company is going to try especially hard to fight my case. They've already started, and I answered questions like "No, I could not give adequate warning when calling in. And yes, I have been warned that I could get fired. But I was sick, and I had no phone. So, it was out of my control." But I most definitely did not quit, and I DID call. I have proof as do they. I have had three write-ups in the past for absence. However, I've workerd there over a year. My last write-up was for walking out of work to go to the doctor. I got a doctor's note, and I walked away with a write-up stating that "another mistake of absence could result in termination."How do I fight my case? Can they really say that I quit?

Hi Kerrykimfaith,
Unemployment eligibility varies from state-to-state; however, one general requirement is that you or your employer paid into unemployment while you were working. You should be eligible for unemployment, if you paid into into it while your business was booming. Check your local unemployment agency for more details.

I see that most of the newest comments are asking some form of the same question: If I leave my job for a specific set of difficult circumstances do I qualify for unemployment? In general, if you leave a job willingly, no matter the circumstances, you will not qualify for unemployment. If you feel like you have a specific set of extenuating circumstances, you should contact the agency that oversees unemployment benefits in your state, explain your situation to them and let them make the determination. The contact information for your state is available by choosing your state from the list on our 'Getting Unemployment' page. http://www.thebeehive.org/jobs/unemployment-101/getting-unemployment

I worked as a office assistant for 8 years until the company went under. I was making $16.95 an hour full time. I understood I had to take any job offered me. I took a job as a customer service rep for $9 hour 25 week. I make so little I still qualify for $100 week in unemployment.. The stress of the new job is really getting to me. The hours are 6am to 11am and I'm also having problems transportion. I have only been there 2 weeks. If I leave this job will they cut off all my benefits? I really need them to survive.

Yesterday my employer let me know that our company will be merging with another company. In other words, I will no longer have a job in 2.5 weeks. I have been with this company for almost 8 months now. I was covering for someone who was out on maternity leave and they decided to keep me even though she came back. My question is, do I qualify for unemployment in CA even though I am only a temporary hire? Thanks in advance.

Yesterday my employer let me know that our company will be merging with another company. In other words, I will no longer have a job in 2.5 weeks. I have been with this company for almost 8 months now. I was covering for someone who was out on maternity leave and they decided to keep me even though she came back. My question is, do I qualify for unemployment in CA even though I was only a temporary hire? Thanks in advance.

I was laid of this past April and have had no luck finding a new job. My benefits have been in valuable to me, but I am desperate for work. The Oregon job market is nonexistent and I feel I would have better luck seeking work elsewhere. If I moved to California or Washington would I be able to continue receiving my benefits from Oregon?

I am currently on disability due to my pregnancy. My six weeks will be up at the end of this month 9/30. I will then get an additional 6 weeks of FMLA (California) to bond with my child which will be paid. DUring this time my husband has gotten a new job in another City so we will be moving out during this time. I currently work for a local bank (7 yrs) and I am not able to request a transfer since no other banks are located in that city. Will I qualify for unemployment if i don't return to work because of this?

So ive worked for my company in NJ for 5 years now. I had a baby in June 2007. I told them at that time that i needed to have time with my baby and wanted to be apart of bringing her up. I then said i would have to resign unless they could move me to part time and to work from home which they allowed because I do so well for them. So i have been working 25 hours a week from home for the last year now. Daycare is perfectly worked out for my working hours. If you leave your child at this place for 6 or more hours its considered a full day pay rate. They have my daughter for 5 hours which means i have enough money to work and pay the childcare. Well my boss just told me because i didnt meet one quality standard by a .1 of a point & i have to return to working in the office. If I do this then the added commute to work makes daycare cost go up since she will then be at a 6 hour day rate. Thats 200.00 more a month! Cant afford it. So if I resign because of this can I collect?

A month ago I started a new job. I left my old job, which had plenty of stability for a new job with higher pay. Two days ago I was told my position with the company was being cut. They offered me options, but I am not sure I am happy with them.
1. Take a severance check for two weeks and my last day would be Sep. 12, 2009
2. Forfeit my severance check and let them find me another location to work at within a 25 mile radius.
Do I qualify for unemployment?

I quit my long standing (6 year) job in California and relocated to NC. I worked for 2 weeks and they laid me off. Which state do I file UE benefits if any?

My work recently moved me from NY to the Bay Area forcing my wife to give notice at her employer. Can she file for unemployment with NY until she finds a new position in California?

My husband has been working for a company for 18 years. Without notice they reduced everyone's hours from 40 to 32. Can he claim unemployment for the 8 hours. It does not seem like a lot but when he makes close to $20 an hour, it makes a huge dent in our monthly earnings.

I worked for company (a) from 07/07 to 03/09, i filed for unemployment and got payments weekly. I accepted a position at company (b) in 05/09. On July 13th my mother in law was killed in a car accident and I took off the remainder of that week (4 days) to help my husband with funeral arrangements. I also needed to take off a 1/2 day the following Monday for estate issues. I notified my employer everyday that I needed to be off. I gave them almost week's notice about the 1/2 on Monday because an appointment was set up with Lawyer right away. I returned to work on July 20th for a 1/2 day, on July 21st at the end of the day I was told my probationary period was over and the company is severing our relationship DONE, not a word more. So I filed my unemployment, now it's been over a month and I haven't received benefits yet. Why would this take so long? I was already approved for unemployment for company (a) and that's still the one that would be used to calculate benefits. If I was let go at my 60 day probation why is there such a hold up?
My friend was let go from her company two weeks ago for telling her former boss off, she got a call from unemployment today telling her she would start getting benefits next week. Why is hers so much faster? Does this mean that company (b) is fighting my unemployment or is the agent assigned to my case just stupidly slow? Should I start calling daily , squeaky wheel gets the oil concept??
I really need to get my unemployment, like I said it's been over a month since I've had any $$ coming in. Just want to understand WTF is going here, can't get an answer from the UI office either. I sat on hold for 25 minutes just to be told that I needed to contact the agent. Called there and she only works until NOON.

I recently was getting unemployment benefits when the business that I worked for for 8 years and a $40,000 salary closed. After about 6 weeks I was offered a job with a new company. The payplan was a base salary plus commision. I was told that the other people in this same position make around $38,000 annually no problem. So I accepted this job based on this information. After a couple of weeks on the job I soon found out that this was not possible based on the amount of hrs turned and the number of employees who I depend on for my commision. Also after talking to other employees in the same position found that no one has even come close to making $38,000 a year. Then I got my first paycheck. Needless to say that by working for this company I would be making about $1,000 a month less than I was when I was on unemployment. I am a single dad with a six year old and struggled enough with my unemployment wages. I cannot even come close to making ends meet with this kind of pay so I quit to look for new employment. I would have never accepted this job if I was told the truth about the earning potential. Since I did quit under these circumstances am I still able to get unemployment benefits untill I find I job that more closely matches my previous pay or even a job that matches my unemployment benefits. I would much rather work just to make the same income as my benefit amount but $1,000 less a month is just something I cannot live on.