Unemployment Eligibility Challenged
Now, more than 25% of those who apply for unemployment benefits are being challenged by their employers. If you’re fired due to misbehavior or you quit, you’re technically ineligible to receive unemployment benefits. Employers are fighting back in an attempt to retain the lowest unemployment insurance rates possible, because their rates are affected by the number of former employees who claim unemployment.
Determining eligibility can be a long enough process as it is. With these employers now attempting to deny these claims more often, which is their right, the process becomes even more grueling for the formerly employed.
What resources do the recently unemployed have to fight back versus a company with an HR department looking to save even more money after completely eliminating a position. The appeal process takes time, and with more and more employers fighting benefit claims the process becomes even longer.
How many employers are hunting for reasons to terminate employees rather than laying them off just to save money on their unemployment insurance rates? How many of these recently unemployed understand the process and have the resources to fight back?
View today’s article in the Washington Post
