RE: Tech Writer Lawsuit

["Lauren" <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net>]

> From: Keith Hansen

> * Person refuses to work 80 hours. Company terminates person.
> 
> * Person files claim for unemployment compensation.
> 
> Question: Is there any way the company could successfully contest the
> claim? 

Not in California.  The EDD in CA interviews Unemployment Insurance (UI)
applicants before approving a claim UI benefits.  During an interview, I was
asked about why my previous job ended.  I wondered what it takes to have a
UI claim denied.  I did know that quitting without just cause and being
fired for certain reasons would get a denial.  I wanted to know what reasons
for being fired would do it and the agent said that a claim could be denied
for theft by the employee, criminal acts, and acts that impact the health
and safety of others.  (There are probably more reasons.)  So I said, "so if
I threw a chair at my boss, then my claim would be denied?"  "Yes."  "What
if I had a good reason to throw the chair?" ...

Lauren


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