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Old 06-13-2009, 03:28 PM
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My friend received this document from the Conecticutt UDepartment and I am shocked. Regardless of what her actual situation is, WHAT, exactly, does this paper say? Ihave never seen such a badly wriiten piece of gobbledegook in my life and I can't believe that someone actually proof-read this thing and decided it was fine to send out to the general public. My god. Can anyone translate this into English?

To wit:

"Dear Sir or Madam:
You received benefits in your last benefit year and have not been paid wages from covered employment in the amount required by law since the beginning of that benefit year. The Connecticutt unemployment compensation law provides that an individual shall be ineligible for benefits if he received benefits in a prior benefit year and has not again become employed and been paid wages of covered employment of $300 or five times his benefit rate, whichever is greater, since the beginning of that benefit year. You will remain ineligible until you have been paid wages from covered employment which will bring your total wages since the beginninjg of your last benefit year up to $300 and are otherwise eligible. "
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