Denied UI in Illinois (qualify, work, money, state)

[tripp1420]

SYB ( second year benefits ) ... I worked parttime and made the amount necessary for SYB ... I was informed ,after 5 months employment, on a Wednesday that I needed to get an Illinois Drivers Licenses by Friday or they would start termination papers on Monday... I had a valid GA licenses and was told several times that it was ok as long as it was valid ... the company did a background check and also postponed my start date a month because of a manager change ... I worked on Thursday and on Monday I got a call from my District Manager saying not to go into work Tuesday because I didnt get my licenses changed Friday ... when they told me on Wed I asked for a couple weeks because I didnt have the money to pay to get my licenses change and that I could do it next week when we got paid ... BTW my checks were only $80 every two weeks at this time ... the determination letter states that since the employer didnt have control of me obtaining this licenses that I voluntarily left.
How do I request to have my manager and DM on the call to verify I didnt quit and to have the recruiter that they are blaming for the mistake available ... I have her old emails ... she is no longer with the company

[Chyvan]

Originally Posted by tripp1420

How do I request to have my manager and DM on the call to verify I didnt quit and to have the recruiter that they are blaming for the mistake available ... I have her old emails ... she is no longer with the company

You don't necessarily need to. If they hired you with a GA license, then that WAS the condition of employment. If they CHANGED it to require you to have an IL license, then you don't have to do it especially because the cost for what you were getting paid was out of line.

This is a case where you either told the story wrong or the UI person only listened to just enough of the story to improperly justify a denial.

Losing a license or failing to obtain one is most of the time disqualifying, but you HAVE a license, your employer just decided they didn't like it, so that's on them, and this is a discharge for something other than misconduct.

Just appeal with "the determination dated mm/dd/yy is wrong. I want an appeal hearing scheduled." From here on out, you have to say that you were fired and say no more. When the employer talks about this "IL license," you'll be able to say, "I was hired with a GA license, and there was no requirement for me to have an IL license."