Comments on: File for Unemployment – The Ultimate Guide http://fileunemployment.org/file-for-unemployment Your Unemployment Guide Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:30:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Marguerite Cartwright http://fileunemployment.org/file-for-unemployment/comment-page-2#comment-550 Marguerite Cartwright Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:48:44 +0000 http://fileunemployment.org/?p=11#comment-550 Finally got it. Finally got it.

]]> By: Marguerite Cartwright http://fileunemployment.org/file-for-unemployment/comment-page-2#comment-549 Marguerite Cartwright Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:59:42 +0000 http://fileunemployment.org/?p=11#comment-549 I am trying to file for unemployement benefits on line and the website keeps sending me back to the Welcome page. Can't get any further with the filing and the phone lines are always busy. Help! I am trying to file for unemployement benefits on line and the website keeps sending me back to the Welcome page. Can’t get any further with the filing and the phone lines are always busy. Help!

]]> By: andi http://fileunemployment.org/file-for-unemployment/comment-page-2#comment-539 andi Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:14:44 +0000 http://fileunemployment.org/?p=11#comment-539 i have just recently received and early retirement package because my department was declared a surplus am i able to apply for unemployment i have just recently received and early retirement package because my department was declared a surplus am i able to apply for unemployment

]]> By: Will http://fileunemployment.org/file-for-unemployment/comment-page-2#comment-536 Will Sun, 04 Jul 2010 16:50:38 +0000 http://fileunemployment.org/?p=11#comment-536 Hi im currently in the military i have less than five days until i get out. My wife had a very good job but now she is on call or works at all. Can we both collect unemployement? We are located in california. just hoping if that can help. Hi im currently in the military i have less than five days until i get out. My wife had a very good job but now she is on call or works at all. Can we both collect unemployement? We are located in california. just hoping if that can help.

]]> By: AC http://fileunemployment.org/file-for-unemployment/comment-page-2#comment-532 AC Thu, 24 Jun 2010 06:49:39 +0000 http://fileunemployment.org/?p=11#comment-532 Have you tried getting the answer to your question from the website of your state's employment development department, or called their office to ask them the question? You don't have to tell them who you are, you just need a question answered. I don't know how it works in Washington, but I am thinking that if you quit your side job first (like immediately), and stay on your primary job until it ends, you will probably be o.k., and your unemployment will be based on your last employer, which will be the job that laid you off. Just don't go back to your side job, since it was misrepresented to you, and doesn't sound like the job you believed you were applying for, on top of the fact that it is so far from where you live. In the meantime, be looking for something else. I live in California, and quit my job of 2 years (hated it!). After about 4 months of not being able to find another job, I finally found something part-time. After about 3 weeks of 10-16 hours a week on my new job, I applied for unemployment, and got it. The amount I get is based upon my earnings from my PREVIOUS employer (the one I quit). I have to look for full-time work every week, since my previous job was a full-time job. No problem looking. BIG problem finding a full-time job! In the meantime, I have unemployment to help and when that ends, I will use up whatever I have left in savings to get by. After that, who knows. Have you tried getting the answer to your question from the website of your state’s employment development department, or called their office to ask them the question? You don’t have to tell them who you are, you just need a question answered.

I don’t know how it works in Washington, but I am thinking that if you quit your side job first (like immediately), and stay on your primary job until it ends, you will probably be o.k., and your unemployment will be based on your last employer, which will be the job that laid you off.

Just don’t go back to your side job, since it was misrepresented to you, and doesn’t sound like the job you believed you were applying for, on top of the fact that it is so far from where you live. In the meantime, be looking for something else.

I live in California, and quit my job of 2 years (hated it!). After about 4 months of not being able to find another job, I finally found something part-time. After about 3 weeks of 10-16 hours a week on my new job, I applied for unemployment, and got it. The amount I get is based upon my earnings from my PREVIOUS employer (the one I quit). I have to look for full-time work every week, since my previous job was a full-time job. No problem looking. BIG problem finding a full-time job! In the meantime, I have unemployment to help and when that ends, I will use up whatever I have left in savings to get by. After that, who knows.

]]> By: Paige http://fileunemployment.org/file-for-unemployment/comment-page-1#comment-530 Paige Sat, 19 Jun 2010 00:50:37 +0000 http://fileunemployment.org/?p=11#comment-530 Thought I should add that the main job that is about to end is through no fault of my own. Thanks. Thought I should add that the main job that is about to end is through no fault of my own. Thanks.

]]> By: Paige http://fileunemployment.org/file-for-unemployment/comment-page-1#comment-529 Paige Sat, 19 Jun 2010 00:49:17 +0000 http://fileunemployment.org/?p=11#comment-529 I have two jobs - one which is full-time and just about to end (in 2 weeks), and another that I just started on the side but I am unhappy with (the employer misrepresented the position and the pay is far below standard but I accepted it for fear of not having income when my main job ended). If I quit the one I dislike before my full-time job ends, will this affect my ability to collect unemployment? Is unemployment only filed against your main employer? I'm not sure how this works. If it helps, the main job is in Washington, and the side job is in California. I would file in Washington. Thanks! I have two jobs – one which is full-time and just about to end (in 2 weeks), and another that I just started on the side but I am unhappy with (the employer misrepresented the position and the pay is far below standard but I accepted it for fear of not having income when my main job ended). If I quit the one I dislike before my full-time job ends, will this affect my ability to collect unemployment? Is unemployment only filed against your main employer? I’m not sure how this works. If it helps, the main job is in Washington, and the side job is in California. I would file in Washington. Thanks!

]]> By: Christine http://fileunemployment.org/file-for-unemployment/comment-page-1#comment-527 Christine Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:25:44 +0000 http://fileunemployment.org/?p=11#comment-527 Hi, I was receiving unemployment from a previous job for a few months, i took a long term temp position that paid very well, i have been working for 6 months at that company but now they told me that they will be closing the New York location in the early fall of this year. Will i be eligible to collect again?. I never had to file an extention nor did i use all the unemployment weeks due to me. Also since this job payed alot more then my previous job, would my unemployment pay the same or pay more?. Hopfully i will find another job before this one ends but no one seems to know the answer to this question. Hi, I was receiving unemployment from a previous job for a few months, i took a long term temp position that paid very well, i have been working for 6 months at that company but now they told me that they will be closing the New York location in the early fall of this year. Will i be eligible to collect again?. I never had to file an extention nor did i use all the unemployment weeks due to me. Also since this job payed alot more then my previous job, would my unemployment pay the same or pay more?. Hopfully i will find another job before this one ends but no one seems to know the answer to this question.

]]> By: Cammi http://fileunemployment.org/file-for-unemployment/comment-page-1#comment-506 Cammi Sun, 30 May 2010 00:25:57 +0000 http://fileunemployment.org/?p=11#comment-506 I started work for a California company in April 2009. They laid me off and closed their doors on May 26th 2010. Since I did not have a job in the first quarter (Jan-Mar 09), should I file for unemployment now or wait til July 1st, so as to have 4 full quarters to draw from? Or will they just take the highest income (which was in my July-Sept quarter) to figure my weekly pay from? Even if it is only 3 quarters in the base period. I don't want to get jipped out of any pay. I started work for a California company in April 2009. They laid me off and closed their doors on May 26th 2010. Since I did not have a job in the first quarter (Jan-Mar 09), should I file for unemployment now or wait til July 1st, so as to have 4 full quarters to draw from? Or will they just take the highest income (which was in my July-Sept quarter) to figure my weekly pay from? Even if it is only 3 quarters in the base period. I don’t want to get jipped out of any pay.

]]> By: Zingo http://fileunemployment.org/file-for-unemployment/comment-page-1#comment-499 Zingo Tue, 25 May 2010 18:44:22 +0000 http://fileunemployment.org/?p=11#comment-499 brianna - I personally think they may not approve. But you should still apply. Some states and officers are lenient. brianna – I personally think they may not approve. But you should still apply. Some states and officers are lenient.

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