I filed for unemployment and was denied. I filed an appeal. Instead of going through the regular process of having my appeal heard and then deciding. And then having to appeal if it weren’t decided in my favor. It has gone straight to the judge. Is this a good sign that they have bypassed regular protocal and sent it directly to the judge for a hearing.
What was the reason for denial? That will help to answer your question.
It is just standard practice of the company to deny. According to them they stated I didn’t have good cause to leave. I actually left and took another job. I had worked at the other company for 4.5 years. I am wondering under what circumstances the unemployment office would bypass protocal and have my case heard directly by the judge. Or if anyone else has this same situation.
What happened to the other job? I think that may be the issue. If you left for the other job but then chose not to take it, I don’t think you would get unemployment. However, ex-employees of ours that quit (2 weeks notice, etc) and got another job that then fell through often do qualify because they say that there was good cause to leave (for a more favorable job). Personally, whether one or the other is true - we would fight having our unemployment rates go up because you voluntarily left us. We have three people currently that we are charged for their accounts who were not terminated by us and did not file until after the second job.
There’s not enough information here to work with. This could be favorable for you because the company you left has frequently challenged unemployment claims without cause and the preliminary steps are being eschewed, or the opposite, that claims of your sort have become too numerous and they want to dispose of them rapidly.
It’s not clear which companies you’re talking about or the timeframe.
You voluntarily left company A (the one that is denying the unemployment), correct? And you left to work for company B?
Which company did you work for for 4.5 years? A prior to heading to B? B at some point prior to going to A (which you then left to return to B)? Something else? Which company is trying to deny unemployment?
In general, leaving a job voluntarily won’t let you get unemployment based on that job. If you left A voluntarily to go to B, then B laid you off right after you started, theirs is the account that the unemployment should impact (as far as I understand it).
FWIW, while I think it’s a real dick move for a company to automatically try to deny any claim, I can sort of understand why: their future unemployment insurance rates can go up, a lot (as a household employer, our cost went from 20 to 400 the year we let our nanny go).
You voluntarily left your job without cause (harassment, abuse, discrimination), then filed for unemployment? I’d deny it, too.
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Yeah, I’m pretty sure you don’t get unemployment when you voluntarily leave.
Also pretty sure you don’t get it when you get another job, either, seeing as it’s, you know, unemployment benefits.
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Unemployment insurance is generally to protect people who become unemployed through no fault of their own. Company slow down, plant closure, etc.
You left a company that you had worked for, for 4.5 years, voluntarily. In other words you quit without reason. Getting another job is not accepted as a valid reason.
Your unemployment claim would be against your 4.5 yr employer and they are not at fault, as you say, you decided to move on.
If your employer had fired you instead of laying you off, and you could say that they had no reason to fire you, the arbitrator might rule that you should have been laid off instead and grant you unemployment benifits.
But you decided to leave on your own, the new job apparently didn’t pan out, and your previous employer is not at fault, you are.
So no, you will probably be denied.
Color me confused, too. Why is the first company (that you quit) on the hook, and not the second company that you moved to? Did you quit the second company? Did they lay you off?
I think the hearing may be to sort out which company’s account is liable for this. Unless you also quit the second job without cause, in which case neither of them are.