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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 380534" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>Here people always check references. They usually don't do that until right before offering a job though- of course a reference that isn't good can cause them to change theiir mind about offering the job. Yes, I am aware there is a requirement to continue to look for employment but I'm doing that anyway. There is no advantage or disadvantage for being on unemployment while looking for a job- except if I apply for a position in my field, they do NOT like people who have ever drawn an unemployment check. It's my understanding that is because a company has to pay a certain portion of that unemployment and most of these are small businesses with their own financial stresses.</p><p></p><p>As far as how this long-term job ended- I was having to take a lot of time off work due to difficult child-issues and resulting courts, meetings, etc, and many of these were without forewarning. While it had been that way for years, it had been somewhat sporadic until those last few months right before difficult child was committed to state Department of Juvenile Justice the first time (about 18 mos ago). At that point in time, the time away from work had increased dramatically and my employer and I agreed (although it was his idea) that I should take a leave of absence until difficult child's final court and this was resolved. 4 to 6 weeks later, I went back to that employer and told him I could return to work full time then because difficult child had been committed to Department of Juvenile Justice. He said he had already replaced me with two part-time people (meaning of course, he didn't have to pay benefits for them like I would have gotten back as a full-time employee), so they could not bring me back.</p><p></p><p>From what I hear lately, he was 1) supposed to document that as a family leave of absence, which is perfectly legal, 2) he probably documented it as that I quit the job, 3) as a leave of absence, he would have needed to bring me back on full-time and since he didn't, I would have qualified for unemployment</p><p></p><p>The second complication is that if I had filed within one year of that transpiring, I probably would have gotten unemployment right away. But since I had been told that I wouldn't quallify and didn't learn these other facts until the past couple of months, I didn't apply until about a month ago and they turned me down because I waited for over a year to apply. My ins agent said since I waited solely because I had been mis-informed, I should appeal. Plus, I have nothing to lose.</p><p></p><p>Fine, unless it costs me a good reference and then I would be losing the only little hope I have left of getting back into the work force.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 380534, member: 3699"] Here people always check references. They usually don't do that until right before offering a job though- of course a reference that isn't good can cause them to change theiir mind about offering the job. Yes, I am aware there is a requirement to continue to look for employment but I'm doing that anyway. There is no advantage or disadvantage for being on unemployment while looking for a job- except if I apply for a position in my field, they do NOT like people who have ever drawn an unemployment check. It's my understanding that is because a company has to pay a certain portion of that unemployment and most of these are small businesses with their own financial stresses. As far as how this long-term job ended- I was having to take a lot of time off work due to difficult child-issues and resulting courts, meetings, etc, and many of these were without forewarning. While it had been that way for years, it had been somewhat sporadic until those last few months right before difficult child was committed to state Department of Juvenile Justice the first time (about 18 mos ago). At that point in time, the time away from work had increased dramatically and my employer and I agreed (although it was his idea) that I should take a leave of absence until difficult child's final court and this was resolved. 4 to 6 weeks later, I went back to that employer and told him I could return to work full time then because difficult child had been committed to Department of Juvenile Justice. He said he had already replaced me with two part-time people (meaning of course, he didn't have to pay benefits for them like I would have gotten back as a full-time employee), so they could not bring me back. From what I hear lately, he was 1) supposed to document that as a family leave of absence, which is perfectly legal, 2) he probably documented it as that I quit the job, 3) as a leave of absence, he would have needed to bring me back on full-time and since he didn't, I would have qualified for unemployment The second complication is that if I had filed within one year of that transpiring, I probably would have gotten unemployment right away. But since I had been told that I wouldn't quallify and didn't learn these other facts until the past couple of months, I didn't apply until about a month ago and they turned me down because I waited for over a year to apply. My ins agent said since I waited solely because I had been mis-informed, I should appeal. Plus, I have nothing to lose. Fine, unless it costs me a good reference and then I would be losing the only little hope I have left of getting back into the work force. [/QUOTE]
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