I do not know California’s regulations but if you are a New Jersey resident who was asking me I would tell you that if you voluntary leave your job, you are ineligable to collect unemployment (there are some exceptions) If you suddely started fouling up at work and were let go for poor work performance but you didn’t foul up enough to be considered misconduct you could collect unemployment. At least that is how it is in New Jersey. Or if they offer a toll out route you can do the following
Quit your job and move to Washington State
Get a job in Fast Food
Work there long enough to overcome your quit ( In New Jersey it is a combination of at least 4 weeks AND 6 times your weekly benefit rate)
Lose that job though a way that lets you collect unemployment
then you can file against your original employer.
Hope this helps, and again I am not speaking in any offical capacity
Manny, if you are fired and eligible to collect unemployment (according to what I read on the CT site I don’t fit into any of the disallowed categories) when do you start getting checks? I have a routine hearing scheduled for March 3, but I need income before that. The guy on the phone did tell me to start calling in this sunday. Does that mean anything re: getting a check? I wasn’t notified until today I’m officially fired so I don’t have a pink slip yet (but I did file as soon as I was supended a couple of days ago); and, I am a student, my job fit in fine with my 4 current classes. I can probably get a job with a schedule that accomodates the classes like the one I was fired from, but if not am I supposed to be willing to work anywhere? To go from $40,000 a year to McDonald’s? What do you suggest I say to the unemployment person at the meeting? what are they looking for re: a student? I know you said before <20 hours was okay, but I’m not sure CT sees it that way. How would you explain it in my situation so that it sounds like I’m available to work full-time (which I am). I just run into trouble if they expect me to take any 8-5 that comes along. As long as I stay in my field, which I have been for the last five years at the same place, the school hours should allow me to work full-time as usual. Will I be given the luxury of holding out for a job in my field, which shouldn’t take long, hopefully.
No questions, but I’d like to thank MannyL for an interesting and informative thread. It can be stressful and frustrating to ask these questions officially. It’s nice of you to take the time to do this here. 'Course, I’m Canadian, and we Canadians fear folks from New Jersey.
Suzeekay sorry I didn’t respond sooner but I do not have the same level of internet access in Flordia as I do in NJ (Thank god for Kinko’s)
I do not know if CT has a waiting week if thye do, the first week you are eligible for you do not get paid for at the beginning. NJ used to have a waiting week but we stopped that for the time beinging. In New Jersey you would call back to claim benefits one or two weeks after you filed your claim to claim the previous weeks CT may be the same so when you were told to call in Sunday that should start your first check. Depending on how they handle the student issue they may hold your checks until that meeting I can not say. I can say that if the field you work in normally has jobs that are not the hours you go to school (think a wait person who can work full time nights) it is not an issue.
Disclaimer*** I do not work for your states Unemployment department, and opinions given are what I think will happen not necissarly what will happen **
I want to resurrect this thread because it’s damn pertinent to my situation.
I just got my first unemployment check. A few days later, I got a new job. Is there any advantage to NOT cashing the check? That would make it as if I never filed, and if I don’t need to dip into those benefits, maybe it’s good that I don’t.
I’m not an expert by any means, but I don’t see any reason not to cash the check – the state will still send you the tax info at the end of the year and you’ll still have to pay the taxes on it, so you might as well just take the money that was due to you.
Snoopy, glad to hear you found employment. In New Jersey, UI is two weeks behind. This week we are paying weeks ending 7/26 and 8/2 so if you starting working yesterday you could still claim both weeks. If it is the same where you are, then you may be eligable for the check. If you don’t want the money, call your UI office and tell them you want the claim canceled. If you don’t do that the claim will remain open and if you lose this job you may not have enough time to collect the full claim. If you cancel the claim then the funds go back for re-use and the clock acts like it never started.
I was previously working for a company making 800 until february when i was fired. I applied for Unemployment Benefits that month but was rejected. I got a job making 2000 a month right after that and worked for 4 months and was laid off. I applied for unemployment and was accepted, however they just reopened the orrigional claim based on my 800 a month job. My question is if and when I file for an extension, will they just keep the 800 a month job as their basis, or will they include the larger paying job in the new equation. and if that is so, could I essentially just file a new claim so i could collect from the higher paying job instead of filing an extension.
i am only getting 104 a week when i was going to get 259 a week which is about 600 less a month. I hav a wife and kid, and cannot find work, and need to know what will happen this coming february when my ui benefits are exhausted.:smack:
Are there state-based disability funds? I know that it’s VERY tough to get Social Security disability (as our own doper Quasimodem is finding :().
What if someone is on unemployment but then becomes sick? Is there any kind of automatic extension / transition to a disability plan? My brother-in-law was laid off, then a few weeks later diagnosed with cancer, and I seem to recall that he had some kind of benefits that lasted longer than regular unemployment. But I don’t know the details, and I know it was nowhere near enough to actually cover his bills. This was in New Jersey in the early 1990s.
every year my company has a slow time and we are allowed to claim unemployment benefits well this year slow time is a bit early and my claim is still good i just need to reopen it can i reopen it any time ? even if im still working full time or do i have to wait to reopen it when im loosing hours and wait a full waiting week. i want to reopen now so im ready for when hours are cut short.
Hi there. I was laid off after 1 year of teaching in NJ. I was able to collect. In the new school year, I was offered occasional substitute teacher work. I have been doing that part time and continuing to claim my benefits with no problems. So far, I have never worked more than 32 hours. Next week, my school informed me that they may have 5 days of work, which would put me over the 32 hours. What will happen when I claim that week? Will I just not get benefits for that week only? Will things resume normally for the following claim period since I will most likely not be working a full week again or does everything all of a sudden stop?
Manny: Every person I’ve known on unemployment – Every. Single. One. – does not spend their time looking for a job. They lie to the agency that they’re looking for a job, and spend their days sleeping in late and playing video games. When their unemployment runs out, they magically find a job. Makes me sick; what an abuse. What can be done to minimize this from happening?
Hi, Starting January 2, 2011 I will be substituting full time in NJ under contract for a teacher out on Maternity leave. My contract goes until June 30, 2012 which is the end of the school year. Will I be able to apply for unemployment insurance once my contract is not renewed on or around June 30th for the following year?
I’m listed by them as a temp because the teacher is expected to come back full time in Sept 2012 for the following school year.
In addition, I have been on unemployment since June 2010 from teaching. My tier 4 benefits has 1200 dollars left. My understanding was I would apply for EBB benefits in NJ for an additional 20 weeks if I hadn’t found this job.
I recently applied for unemployment, had my phone interview, and was waiting for a determination in the mail. They are now requesting a “monetary interview”. I have never heard of this. Why are they requesting a monetary interview and what should I expect during the interview?