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Do I qualify for CA Unemployment Insurance if I quit my temp job?
I have been working at a very big entertainment company for 20 months now, non stop earning $27.50 per hour. I was originally hired for one thing and am now pretty much the right hand of a high level person that has consistently dumped more and more work on me while forbiding me to work over 32 hours per week, and no more than 8 hours per day...no OT. I have documented all that I do which goes above and beyond what I was hired to do and formally went to my temp agency and to this company's HR dept requesting I be made full time OR given a pay raise if kept temp, they refused. I requested this in February of this year (upon my 1 year anniversary here). I feel like I am totally taken advantage of and my boss here has made it clear to me he will never hire me full time, b/c in his twisted view, I can do my job in 4 days. I have even become the "go to" person for people outside our region b/c they heavily rely on the fact I get off my *** and do things and do them well. I cannot take this much longer. DO I QUALIFY FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS IF I QUIT?
2 months ago - 4 answers
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No you do not qualify for unemployment benefits if you quit. Unemployment compensation is for individuals who lose their job through no fault of their own. Quitting your job is a conscious decision to stop working and receiving a paycheck. You should try to find a new job before quitting. The Unemployment office will talk to your former employer if you quit and your claim will be denied. The reason an individual is out of work can affect his/her eligibility for benefits. A person who is laid off is out of work through no fault of his/her own. A person who quits work or is fired from work will be scheduled to a telephone interview because there is a separation issue that must be resolved. The Department interviewer obtains and documents information about the separation from the employer and claimant and decides, according to law and regulations, if the person is eligible to collect benefits. The Department mails a notice to the claimant who is not eligible for benefits. The Department mails a notice to the employer who responded timely to the notice of claim filed. The notice advises the employer about whether the claimant is eligible or not, and whether the employer's account will be charged for benefits paid to the former employee. Either party can disagree with an unfavorable decision and file an appeal.
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by Heather
2 months ago
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Probably not if you quit. However, you could simply do however much work you can in the 32 hours per week and then stop, even if there is work left to do. Either they will live with that or they will end your employment with them. If they decide to continue to pay you for 32 hours even if you do less work than they want, then your problem is solved. If they decide not to employ you because you do not get enough work done, even though you work continuously for the number of hours that they have told you to work, then you have a much better chance of qualifying for unemployment than you would if you quit.
by StephenWeinstein- 2 months ago
You do not qualify if you quit, and temporary jobs don't qualify you, either.
by mbrcatz- 2 months ago
If you quit, you don't qualify period. It appears you want to show this jerk that if you quit, no one will be able to do your job as well as you did or for less. But that will just find yourself unemployed and no money. Since you work for a temp agency, can you call them to see if there are other jobs out there? If there are, then you can ask that they take you from this job to another which will still give you pleasure since this jerk will have to find another guy to do your job for the same amount, hours etc and find they lost a treasure. I worked for a temp agency for over 3 years and luckily had no problems with the employers that hired me. But some co-workers with this agency found that with some employers they hated, requested to be taken off and sent somewhere else. Your temp agency has a contract with this employer for specific amount they pay per hour and number of hours per week they pay you and to your temp agency. I was told that in some cases they actually pay double for a temp employee, so in your case they maybe paying $55 per hour, $27.50 to you and $27.50 to the temp agency. The only advantage to a temp, is that they do not pay benefits like a REAL EMPLOYEE OF THE COMPANY, ie; health insurance, vacation, STD etc. The one good quality you have is that you have been documenting your employment and work, so if you were to find yourself either terminated or laid off, you could dispute. But if you quit, especially in this environment, may find that no one else needs you and could be looking for other employment with less money. good luck
by lucy- 2 months ago