Comments on: Unemployment Ineligibility

By: Terri

Terri — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:00:47 +0000

thank you for this article. This has recently happened to me. I was laid off with the possibility of having summer work. Talked to my employer about an invitation I had to go to D.C. this summer to work unpaid for an advocacy program I’m involved with…I told her that I could not afford to go if I couldn’t get unemployment well she told unemployment that I was going out of town for an internship and the stopped my payments. When all I did was let her know the opportunity that I had been offered. I have not went anywhere and now my unemployment has been stopped. It was an assumption on her part and I have to pay the price… with no income. I am diligently seeking employment else where by may have to return there in the fall if not.

By: George Callas

George Callas — Fri, 15 May 2009 21:18:40 +0000

I am a Californian who was let go because, according to my boss, “all work dried up”. I am sitting on pins and needles waiting for the State to call me to determine my “eligibility”, despite the fact I have worked 99+% of the time for the last 50 years. One has to wonder why the working stiff is obliged to go through the third degree just to get a bone thrown their way, when others on welfare get freebies thrown their way even though it’s documented they never worked a day in their life and don’t intend to. Ain’t America great?

By: Tierra

Tierra — Sat, 03 May 2008 12:27:42 +0000

Great article! A lot of folks just think they are going to automatically get it, and it doesn’t work that way, so I thank you for pointing that out. My mom works for the Spartanburg, SC Unemployment Office, so she clued me into a lot. She told me that people come in there with a myriad of reasons for getting fired and they still collect a check some kind of way. Like, one guy came in and said that his employer fired him because he was drunk. He was disputing that because he said what was in his system was merely mouthwash and that his boss was mistaken (side note: whose Scope smells like Hennessey and makes you stumble uncontrollably?!?!) So that dude got a check. But then I had a friend in Baltimore who they denied a check because he basically made too much and they didn’t want to pay that. He was fired for some stupid reason, but it wasn’t being drunk at work or anything crazy like that. Its a messed up system, really. I hope none of us ever has to use unemployment, but I’m glad we have this knowledge in case it gets to that point.

By: Lady D

Lady D — Fri, 02 May 2008 17:53:43 +0000

It is. My feelings would’ve been too hurt if this happened to me and I didn’t know what to do.

By: Anairo

Anairo — Fri, 02 May 2008 15:46:42 +0000

Though I hope that no one will ever have to use your information (because they’ve lost thier job), this is a great article!