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If I quit can I get unemployment?

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Chris Curtis January 11, 2010 at 8:15 am
Answer to Rhonda Morris: As far as can be told you have techincally quit which in terms would mean no, but if you have a reason to why you have quit and can prove that was a hostile or other reasonable cause.
Now my question: I have moved back from another state and held a job for a 1 year and half and had to quit the job to move back. Can i stilll apply for unemploy till i find a job?

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lovely girl January 11, 2010 at 12:09 pm
I applied for a position doing a nursing job and was hired for the nursing position.I was then moved to a different department doing social services.If i quit can i receive unemployment.

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shay shay January 12, 2010 at 11:06 am
ive been w/ this company fo 2years and 2 mos.. i getting underpaid and have not recieved a raise…there r 3 employees that have been here for 5-7 yrs and not recived a raise more then .75.. i think they r taking advantange of thier employees becuz of the econmy situations and they know it’ll be hard to find another job.. so we settle!! can i collect unemployment if i give a two weeks?

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diane January 12, 2010 at 10:37 pm
can I collect unemployment if I only worked part time

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Jennifer January 13, 2010 at 11:04 am
Can I file for unemployment if I havn’t worked in 3 years?

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Angela R. Roberts January 14, 2010 at 3:45 pm
I’m being forced to resign from my job as a CNA for 3 years at a local nursinghome/Rehab due to their misconduct of workplace harrassement.Have seen a lawyer and its my best interests to resign.Had to call the police to come to the nursing home due to the nurse or CNA
employee set me up by planting a device/alarm inmy jacket pocket and could not get out of the building for 2 days so I called the police that night, now the DON says I cannot comebackto my 3-11PM shift that I could either resign or go to !st shift. Can I get unemployment due to me being forcedto resign?

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Angela R. Roberts January 14, 2010 at 3:49 pm
I’m being forced to resign from my job as a CNA for 3 years at a local nursinghome/Rehab due to their misconduct of workplace harrassement.Have seen a lawyer and its my best interests to resign.Had to call the police to come to the nursing home due to the nurse or CNA
employee set me up by planting a device/alarm inmy jacket pocket and could not get out of the building for 2 days so I called the police that night, now the DON says I cannot comebackto my 3-11PM shift that I could either resign or go to !st shift. Can I get unemployment due to me being forcedto resign? Also the male nurse said its a joke and that it was easy to set you up. And nothing was done to the others involved.

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jane chisholm January 15, 2010 at 1:35 pm
we are station in germany. My husband have been reassign to huntvillie alabama. So i have to leave my job
and go on leave without pay for 1 year or until I find another job. I work in this place for 10yrs. can i get unemployerment.

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Larry Schiavo January 18, 2010 at 1:33 pm
My wife works full time for the last 24 years in the same company. Her boss said he might lay her off due to the decrease in business.
I have 2 questions.

1. If she is layed off, can she collect unemployment in the state of New York ?
2. If she moves to another town or state, can she still collect her unemployment ?

Thank you.

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RUBY January 19, 2010 at 2:43 pm
IF ALL EMPLOYEE’S WALK OUT AT THE SAME TIME BECAUSE OF VERBAL AND MENTAL ABUSE WOULD IF BE POSSIBLE TO GET UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS. ( ALL EMPLOYEE’S HAVE WORKED AT THE SAME JOB FOR 15 YEARS

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Louise February 1, 2010 at 8:24 am
If I was stripped of my supervisorary duties, cut the pay by $160.00 per week and forced to work 12 midnight until 8 am instead of lead day hours 8-4 that I was working. There were no infractions in my file unless put in there real recent, that I did not see no sign or was spoken to about.

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Louise February 1, 2010 at 9:14 am
how to find the answer

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Jerome February 3, 2010 at 3:16 pm
After working for an agency for 17 years a new Manager was asigned to my facility. He
wrote me up twice in one month and he was about to write me up a third time. I had been doing the same things for 17 years without being written up for them. If I had been written up for the 3rd time it have permanently been in my file. I feel he was trying to get rid of me so I resigned to keep my name in good standing.

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Anonymous February 5, 2010 at 8:06 pm

was toldwhile being off on elbow surgery that i had past my welding cert tests three months after being back towork and welding on certified jobs was told out of knowere that ihave not passed out of knowere by a sales person in the company that has lost three businesses and lost my company 150.000 and not able to bring work in after these losses noone wants to deal with are shop any more because of his habits of steady losing costemers that

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Diane February 9, 2010 at 7:04 am
My husband was working for Wayne County Airport authority in Michigan DTW for almost two years. There were some blood issues upon having his physical. The airport hired him. It got to be challenging for him and he left the job. After he quit in 6 months we found out he had Multiple Myaloma and has been undergoing treated for 2 years and treatments are on going every 3 months. He has not been on the job for about 2 1/2 to 3 years. Was he elliglbe for unemployment? Or is he still elligible now?

Thank you

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Anonymous February 11, 2010 at 11:26 am
my husband lost his job and moved out of state for employment. I stayed in our home and continued to work for a year. I recently was hospitalized for a serious condition and deceided to move with my husband in another state. I quit my job and left. It is now four weeks later and i cannot find a job can I collect?

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Nicole February 12, 2010 at 9:09 pm

I was sick blood pressure was up and my right arm was swollen ! told manager on duty i wasnt goin to be able to work my shift she told manager over me i quit ! talked to my manager about my job she told me she was goin to put me on the schedule talked to her two weeks after still not being on the schedule she says she changed her mind!

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Anonynmous February 16, 2010 at 8:53 pm

I have a really stressful job as a dental assistant to the point where I’ve been having panic attacks, I also have sever back and neck problems from doing my job for the past 11yrs. I would love to quit and change my profession however I only have expeireance in dental assisting and would need to go to school to learn a new trade. Would I be able to collect unemployment if I quit my job to go back to school?

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Janet I February 24, 2010 at 1:45 pm
I have been working for a Dr. 1st as Office Manager and now as his assistant. My boss is 76 he is grumpy likes to belittle me in front of patients. Sometimes he goes overboard and patients and employees hear it all. I have talked to him twice before about this. For awhile hes OK but yesterday, he yelled he wasn’t gonna my shit anymore. He is quite verbally abusive. Can I walk out and collect unemployment

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Janet I February 24, 2010 at 1:51 pm

How do I find advise?

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Barb March 3, 2010 at 4:51 pm

I was on fmla cod acute a a a achilles tendinitis. The day I was to return to work I was hospitalized with respitatory failure and them pneumonia. Then I developed pulmonary edema. I am still under a dr’s care. I hAve been asked to step down from a supervisor to a third shift stocker. This job pays 1.20 less on the hour and totally humiliates me. Ifni quit can I draw unemployment?

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RONNY March 4, 2010 at 1:45 pm

IF i QUIT MY JOB FOR JOB TRAINING, CAN I GET BENEFITS.

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dj March 9, 2010 at 7:05 am

i been working for a bank for 2 and a half years and i am pregnant and my doc said that it is a still to early to go on maternity. my boss is not understanding. i am 0n a high risk close eyed watch pregnancy. and he wont give the days i need . he purposly gives me days i dont need the opposite of wat i would need and told me he needs to kno a week in advance to get my days off so i told my doc that she said thats crazy but i started telling him a week or more in advance the days i needed and he got tired of that and now gives me only 3days of the week to work 5 hours a day and the days i dont need i am off … cana i leave and get unemployment

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Anonymous March 9, 2010 at 4:47 pm

where are the answers to our questions i am not interested in reading continuously the woes of today’s job market…………….answers PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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nichole March 13, 2010 at 2:39 pm

ive worked with the same company for over 4 years and i had to quit due to havin no baby sitter and car broke down so had to move back home to another state. can i collect unemployment

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mia March 18, 2010 at 11:59 am

I may have to quit my job & take care of my Blind 90 yrs old dad & my 81 yrs old my in a different state, can I file for unemployment ?

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Annonymous March 20, 2010 at 10:21 pm

Where are the answers to these questions?

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Renee March 20, 2010 at 10:27 pm

I mentioned to my boss in February about taking a trip to Brazil and possibly leaving by the end of March. I did not give a written notice, it was only verbal and not set in stone. He then stopped giving my full time 40 hours and was giving me 30. Three weeks later on a Friday at the end of my shift he called me in his office and told me that he could no longer afford to pay me and that today was my last day. I did not receive exiting papers or sign anything, nor did I receive my last paycheck. Can I file for unemployment? Even though I was going to quit, nothing was confirmed or written and signed.

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TAMMY March 21, 2010 at 9:20 am

I have worked for okdhs for the past 2 yesrs and they have been doing a lot of laying off. the job became so demanding in overtime hours for direct care staff and the supervisors became more demanding, adding your name for extra shifts without asking ,or your approval. assigning you to areas you are not primarily assigned to. the supervisors rude and demand you work on the night shift and thats not my normal shift i have 2 children at home that would have to be home alone if i worked the night shift. So i would volunteer on the day shift to get the overtime hours in needed. It didnt matter i was off for 5 days due to an illness came back and the supervisor told me i was working that night w/o asking me i refused and she became smart. i handed her a notice of quitting do i qualify for benefits

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anonymous March 21, 2010 at 5:32 pm

What files for misconduct?

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Renee March 21, 2010 at 8:30 pm

I think there is no harm in trying to apply for unemployment. My sister had to quit because she was not given the work or hours to even survive. For this reason, she quit and then filed for unemployment and was granted it.

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LIZ March 30, 2010 at 8:37 pm

I HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR 4YEARS BUT I HAVE A PROBLEM,IM ALWAYS HAVING A HARD TIME WITH THE BABYSITTERS AND I HAVE 5KIDS AND SOME TIMES I FEEL LIKE QUITTING,BUT I WANT TO KNOW IF I COULD APPLY FOR UNEMPLOYMENT,DO I HAVE A CHANCE?

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toni April 2, 2010 at 2:05 pm

had to quit my job due to constant harrasment and my supervisor yelling at me in front of clients

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Abyleen Helgenberger April 2, 2010 at 7:52 pm

Can i get unemployment untill i get well,And find a job?Because i’ve been sick for almost five months now.

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Nobody Now April 7, 2010 at 3:44 pm

I worked a job thru a staffing agency for just nearly 12 months… We were spouce to switch over to full time employees with the company after 90 days, but due to the economy the huge corperation put a hiring suspension on…. I became pregnant 6 months into my assignment and attempted to hang on to my position… Do to growing stress at the job and my gradual decline in health I quit my job… I’m still active as a temp/placement but the agency refuses to give me any job assignments due to my health and failure to complete my last assignment… I don’t know what to do I’ve been out of work since 2009 and no one will hire me now that I’m showing so much… I had attempted to prepare by putting aside a savings but with life happening it’s nearly all gone… I’ve never been in a position like this before so I am clueless… I have no idea if there is timely filing to get unemployment and if it’s even possiable if you volunteerly left your job… Please Help….

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Lauren April 7, 2010 at 6:21 pm

I am a full time college student and my work will not work around my school schedule so I quit. can I get unemployment??

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anonumys April 12, 2010 at 10:43 am

if u quit your job cause its stressing u out to the point where u are having heart issues can u still get unemployment

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Hopeful Guy April 14, 2010 at 8:26 pm

I was hired as a call center rep three years ago to do billing and tech support for a well known social network website. A year ago, my employer bought another website that show x-rated films. At that time, my call center job was shipped offshore to a call center in the phillipines, and my duties changed to dealing exclusively with the x-rated website. My previous job did include some adult content, but was mostly call center stuff, such as billing. Now all I do is watch pornography, truly, I name, describe and review x-rated films. I hate my new duties, grosses me out. I would like to quit. There are no other jobs available in this company, they just laid off eight people in my department for lack of work. Would I qualify for unemployment if I did quit?

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Justin stucky April 16, 2010 at 5:23 am

I was refused time off to take care of first born son and quit. Is what
my previous employer do violate the family and medical leave act. Can
I get unemployment. San Antonio,Texas

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Justin stucky April 16, 2010 at 5:25 am

I had a hearing 4/14/10 can I check online to
see the decion.

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Meg April 21, 2010 at 4:01 pm

I was forced to resign after being told there was a zero tolerance policy that I had never heard about before. Even tho the company said they had proof against me I was not allowed to see that proof. I was told to resign or be terminated for not working returned mail and supposedly shredding it. I DID NOT do this but could not prove it. My supervisor did not even know about it. A co-worker that I have had problems in the past with and the Human resource manager were the only ones who knew anything about the so called investigation. It has been four months and I have worked part time for another company will I be able to file for Unemployment and recieve benefits even tho the quarters go back to the company the I was forced to resign with?

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tiffany April 22, 2010 at 3:45 pm

i been with my comphany for 4yrs i am being forced to resign because of childcare my and my husband work crazy hours my inlaws have been takeing care of the kids for us but there health has turned for the worst they are 75 and 80yrs old. I have lloked into daycares but getting them there i work 40mins to an hour away travel the daycare closes at 5pm i get off at 4pm. can i collect unemployment.

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missy acorn April 27, 2010 at 3:35 pm

If i was to quit my job after being there for 7yrs.will i be able to collect unemployment? would like and answer thank you

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ANNE April 30, 2010 at 8:50 pm

I was receiving unemployment; I took a new job and have been there 3 weeks. I am being laid off can I get back my unemployment benefits? I am 62 and it6 is hard to find a job; I tried for 1 solid year.

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stacey May 5, 2010 at 1:07 pm

I work for a company that doesn’t offer me as a lead supervisor any benefits for maternity leave and i’m due Dec 4th of 2010, if i put in a two weeks notice would i be able to collect unemployment during my time off if the employer puts on paper eligible for rehire? The company is seasonal and terms everyone in Jan. Would I be able to apply for benefits in Dec?

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anonymous from nevada May 9, 2010 at 10:33 am

i quit my job because of the harassment of my co employee am i qualified for for the benefits

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elizabeth May 11, 2010 at 8:51 am

I was out on fmla for 8 weeks and they don’t want me back for 12 weeks if I quit can I. File

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CK May 11, 2010 at 10:30 am

Part Time Employee, I would 3 days a week, but now with school I can only work 2.
Forced to resign. Is this quitting or being fired?
Can I claim unemployment in NY?

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