Crazy situation at work (voluntary termination & Unemploy benefits content) (collect, money)
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Perhaps someone can shed some light on this unique situation I am in.
Been working at a place for about a year. Very small company. Just found out a week ago that my boss was arrested and will be incarcerated for over a year. It has become impossible for the workers to do their jobs without the guidance and knowledge of the boss. Everyone is scrambling to figure out what to do, but replacing the boss (who owned the company and ran it) is not really an option.
Can someone please shed light on voluntarily leaving a job under such incredibly strange conditions and my rights/ability to collect unemployment benefits? I don't believe there's a chapter about this in the handbook, so to speak.
Call your local office...these things vary by state.
Who's making payroll?
The bookkeeper is still doing Acc. Payable/Receivable so there's still money coming in/out. But the function the boss served is not so easily replaced. I'm afraid to call the local office because they won't have a clue. Maybe they will.
Perhaps someone can shed some light on this unique situation I am in.
Been working at a place for about a year. Very small company. Just found out a week ago that my boss was arrested and will be incarcerated for over a year. It has become impossible for the workers to do their jobs without the guidance and knowledge of the boss. Everyone is scrambling to figure out what to do, but replacing the boss (who owned the company and ran it) is not really an option.
Can someone please shed light on voluntarily leaving a job under such incredibly strange conditions and my rights/ability to collect unemployment benefits? I don't believe there's a chapter about this in the handbook, so to speak.
Thank you in advance.
If you're still getting paid, why do you want to quit? I think the unemployment office would need a better reason than the arrest of the owner. If things are as chaotic as you say, the bookkeeper will soon run out of money to pay you and there will be no question of your qualification for unemployment. Why jump the gun and take a chance on being denied?
Perhaps someone can shed some light on this unique situation I am in.
Been working at a place for about a year. Very small company. Just found out a week ago that my boss was arrested and will be incarcerated for over a year. It has become impossible for the workers to do their jobs without the guidance and knowledge of the boss. Everyone is scrambling to figure out what to do, but replacing the boss (who owned the company and ran it) is not really an option.
Can someone please shed light on voluntarily leaving a job under such incredibly strange conditions and my rights/ability to collect unemployment benefits? I don't believe there's a chapter about this in the handbook, so to speak.
Thank you in advance.
Realistically, you could just punch the timeclock and sit on you duff for eight hours and then go home each day. As long as you show up for work each day, you are entitled to be paid regardless if anyone assigns you any tasks.
Stay but start looking immediately for another job. Chances are the company might fold and you'll be let go (and then have no problem collecting) but leaving voluntarily isn't going to help (even if you're allowed unemployment, which you might be.) Some employers/recruiters don't want to deal with the unemployed and besides if you leave you're going to have to look for a job anyway (and in this economy it'll take a while) - might as well collect a paycheck before you have to go on unemployment.
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