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In my 9th month of receiving unemployment benefits, I accepted a full time job. It paid half my weekly claim amount and was located over an hour away. After working 25 hours the first week, I quit. I will be submitting my claim for that week today. Is this going to make me lose my existing benefits? This is in California. I had to quit for an important personal reason. Is the job considered full time even though I worked part time that week if my contract says its a full time job? Due to training, less than full time hours of work were required that first week.
Also, when I fill in the box that I worked even though I haven't been paid yet (and frankly I don't even know for sure if I will) do they automatically put a freeze on my claims until they investigate and get the whole scoop as to where I worked, why I quit and all that? Thanks for any helpful answers.
If my reason doesn't get considered a good cause even though I think it is, do I lose my benefits? Do they freeze my benefits while they decide what to do? Is it better to never take a job unless you are 100% sure it will work out than to take one then show why it didnt work out, demonstrating your best efforts to work?
For the first question, yes, you'll lose your benefits.
For the second, your benefits will be suspended while they investigate.
For the third, you don't get to use that criteria when accepting a job. It all comes down to whether the job is suitable or not. The way I prefer to say it is to not apply for a job unless it is as good or better than the job you lost. The state(s) rarely if ever dictate where you have to apply.
For others reading, this isn't the case in all states. There are some exceptions. From here http://workforcesecurity.doleta.gov/...onmonetary.pdf on page 5-9, are the states that treat a short time on a new job more as a refusal of work and evaluate for suitability than a quit requiring good cause: IL, MI, MN, MO, NH, NY, ND, WI, CO.
California has a huge section on Voluntary Quit. Based on OP's comment, personal reasons, it would appear he has read that. California can allow a quit where other states won't. Without knowing his specific reasons, no one can say for sure. He will have to explain it.
If my reason doesn't get considered a good cause even though I think it is, do I lose my benefits?
Yes. And it is not if you think it is a good reason, it is if the EDD does. And I am going to be honest...EDD's main goal and job is to make sure you are working. GUessing there is not an "important" personal reason that is enough to get over the good cause bar.
Do they freeze my benefits while they decide what to do?
Yes. They will not pay the claim on the week you put the new income. They will schedule you for an interview to discuss. This is to be within 3 weeks. They then have 10 days to make a decision. So, a month.
Is it better to never take a job unless you are 100% sure it will work out than to take one then show why it didnt work out, demonstrating your best efforts to work?
You quit for personal reasons. Those do not exist with the EDD
California has a huge section on Voluntary Quit. Based on OP's comment, personal reasons, it would appear he has read that. California can allow a quit where other states won't. Without knowing his specific reasons, no one can say for sure. He will have to explain it.
And it is still a VERY high bar. Yes, it exists. Without getting into too much detail, the position that I quit and got benefits for LITERALLY caused me to spend a night in the hospital for what turned out to be a panic attack. I was flat out told that if I had not been hospitalized, I would have lost the claim. And this is from the EDD rep conducting the interview. So, while the personal reasons does exist, the bar is whether or not a "reasonable person would have quit in the same or similar circumstances" and also what OP did to preserve the job. I was asked if I asked for any accommodations from the company after the panic attack. Really. Luckily, I had....
OP, post your reason...or DM it to one of us...we MAY be able to help you on what to tell them to get the reason approved
Hi everyone! I got laid off on December 2012 but actually I've never signed any paper related to lay off, the company said just temporary , it's been 3 months now, it seems the company has no sign of reopen. I got my EDD ok, but the company still owe me the vacation hours which I can rollover up to 240 hrs, now I have 160 hrs left, I call to ask for my check and they said they will pay as soon as they have money. So if I start a new job, does it affect my ability to get that check? Does anyone have any idea, please help!! I live in LA California, thank you!
the company still owe me the vacation hours which I can rollover up to 240 hrs, now I have 160 hrs left, I call to ask for my check and they said they will pay as soon as they have money. So if I start a new job, does it affect my ability to get that check?
Of course not. A new job has absolutely nothing to do with what your old employer owes you.
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