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Kada
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Anyone know anything about unemployment?
#8293609 - 04/16/08 08:54 PM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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I'm on unemployment at the moment. I am supposed to file these weekly claims for my weekly payment. Last week i was at the hospital all week, so i couldn't look for work. I need the cash, so would be just putting down places i looked for work but didn't. Does anyone know if they ever actually check the places you put down? I'm sure id be a bit screwed if the actually did check on it.
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nightkrawler
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Re: Anyone know anything about unemployment? [Re: Kada]
#8293623 - 04/16/08 08:56 PM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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just say you were in the hospital all week. i doubt they'll check anyway. dont think they're too strict about it. they would be checking over so many people if that were the case.
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Kada
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Re: Anyone know anything about unemployment? [Re: nightkrawler]
#8293636 - 04/16/08 08:59 PM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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They wouldnt pay me if i didnt file 3 places i looked for work. Indiana is like that. So i just made up three places i searched for in the area. I guess they wouldnt have the manpower to check people.
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Pupenhause
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Re: Anyone know anything about unemployment? [Re: Kada]
#8293877 - 04/16/08 09:46 PM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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just call them and tell them. if they are as reasoning wherever you live as they are in nebraska, you should be ok. that is a fairly legitimate reason and i couldnt imagine them denying your benefits.
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Re: Anyone know anything about unemployment? [Re: Pupenhause]
#8294133 - 04/16/08 10:46 PM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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GET A JOB YA DAMN COMMIE!
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Syle
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Re: Anyone know anything about unemployment? [Re: Kada]
#8294502 - 04/17/08 12:25 AM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
LordOfChaos said: I'm on unemployment at the moment. I am supposed to file these weekly claims for my weekly payment. Last week i was at the hospital all week, so i couldn't look for work. I need the cash, so would be just putting down places i looked for work but didn't. Does anyone know if they ever actually check the places you put down? I'm sure id be a bit screwed if the actually did check on it.
k, i think i can help you here. i was unemployed up until a little over a month ago. my unemployment stretch lasted about 1 month long. i filed my weekly claims and collected each of the weeks i was unemployed, each week was a sum of around $250. to collect unemployment, YOU HAVE TO BE ACTIVELY SEARCHING FOR A JOB. being in the hospital doesn't qualify for that unless whilst in the hospital you were making business contacts and setting up interviews, etc. and yes, the unemployment office may contact you if they have any reason of suspicion, in which case you would have to go in, have a sit down meeting with them, and show them a portfolio of at least 3 business contacts that you made in each week you filed for claims. if you fail to present them with credible business contacts, they will make you pay for the amount you withdrew, and also fine you a fee and there is also the possibility of jail time because you committed a felony (i doubt that would happen though...). also, if/when you start filing claims, and the unemployment offices send you a letter demanding that you attend a "worksource" meeting, you HAVE to attend. if you don't, they will question your eligibility and then they will definitely check to see if you have been making 3 business contacts each week.
so long story short:
A) make at least 3 business contacts per week (interviews, phone conversations, confirmations/denials of resumes, etc).
B) attend any worksource meetings, otherwise they will make your life a living hell. the last week i filed claims i was supposed to attend one of these meetings, but i didn't because i actually became employed on the day the meeting took place. so i called them and told them i was employed and i would not attend, well, lo-and-behold, in the mail comes a 20 page packet of shit i had to fill out explaining why i wasn't there. basically they were looking for an opportunity to fuck me in the ass and catch me cheating, which i wasn't. it took me almost a month for me to convince them that i became employed on that day; such a fucking hassle dealing with those governmental pieces of shit...
pm me if you have anymore questions.
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Gratos
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Re: Anyone know anything about unemployment? [Re: Kada]
#8294598 - 04/17/08 01:05 AM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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Im on it right now while Im waiting on the list to go back to work, they dont make me look for work however or attend any meetings. I know a few guys who have had to do the 3 vouchers a week thing and they just made shit up, no one ever checked.
EDIT: I wouldnt suggest lying though because its probably a felony, fraud and all that.
Edited by Gratos (04/17/08 01:15 AM)
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Syle
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Re: Anyone know anything about unemployment? [Re: Gratos]
#8295271 - 04/17/08 08:20 AM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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Gratos said: Im on it right now while Im waiting on the list to go back to work, they dont make me look for work however or attend any meetings. I know a few guys who have had to do the 3 vouchers a week thing and they just made shit up, no one ever checked.
EDIT: I wouldnt suggest lying though because its probably a felony, fraud and all that.
it is. and when they check, it's solely based off of some bureaucrat's hunch, so i am sure it's different from county to county/state to state. like with any governmental thing, unemployment is an easy way to get in trouble if you are stupid.
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Re: Anyone know anything about unemployment? [Re: Syle]
#8295489 - 04/17/08 09:47 AM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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My friend's dad would always put in for upper management positions he was ridiculously under qualified for so he could keep his unemployment.
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Edited by Riboflavin (04/17/08 09:47 AM)
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DR. PRIME
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Re: Anyone know anything about unemployment? [Re: Riboflavin]
#8295509 - 04/17/08 09:52 AM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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Does unemployment mess up anything as far as credit goes?
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Re: Anyone know anything about unemployment? [Re: DR. PRIME]
#8295527 - 04/17/08 10:00 AM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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ScYiNs47 said: Does unemployment mess up anything as far as credit goes?
It shouldn't, unless you're also using a credit card to live on.
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DiabloSmurf
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Re: Anyone know anything about unemployment? [Re: Le_Canard]
#8295580 - 04/17/08 10:25 AM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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In my experience. They never checked a damn thing. Too many other people to worry about. I didn't look for squat the whole time i was on unemployment.
the pay sucked though.
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