Can you quit a job & still get unemployment?

Greshnab

probably not.. i would call the local unemployment office... but you almost always have to be fired or separated without cause...

ezd

Try to find a job while still getting paid. There will be something out there for you. If you really hate your boss, then you really do not want to work there anyway. You will not receive unemployment if you quit, but if you put your two weeks notice in and he lets you go early, unemployment can be claimed. If he fires you, you can get unemployment. However, if you quit, you are on your own. My advice: Find another job, put your two weeks in, and get out of there.

Judy

There are situations where you can be eligible for unemployment if you quit, but doesn't seem likely for the situation you describe. You can go ahead an apply, but don't be surprised if they turn you down.

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No, you have to be fired to collect unemployment.

ranger_822nd

if you quit - you can file for unemployment but........ the first thing that unemployment does is send a notice to the employer that you filed a claim - and the employer then fills out the form and sends it back - one of the questions is "why this person left?"
if the answer is "quit" or "voluntary quit" or "resigned" - your unemployment will be denied -
you will not be paid unemployment if you created your unemployment -

now - that also means that if you create a situation whereby you get fired "for cause" (your performance was not up to par)
the employer also has a right to dis-allow payment by unemployment -

the next step is - once the employer responds - your unemployment office will let you know if you've been approved
for payment or not - if not the form they send you will ask you if you want to "appeal" this finding -

if you do - fill it out and send it back - unemployment will then schedule a hearing - you, your former employer, and a hearing officer will be present -
at this hearing you will be afforded the opportunity to explain why you feel you should be entitled to collect - and your employer will be afforded an opportunity to explain why they feel you should not

again - keep in mind - if you "quit" its a no win situation for you - you WILL NOT collect even if you feel you were being treated unfairly - (the only way to possibly collect would be to have hard proof that something morally wrong or illegal was going on and you left for those reasons - but you better have proof!!!)

if you get fired - the employer has to prove that the termination was "justified" and that he took proper steps to attempt to rectify the situation - such as -
documentation that he had given you a verbal warning - then
documentation that he gave you a written warning - then
documention that he gave you disciplinary time off

some of this documentation can be in the form of performance reviews - or just in the form of letters - and when he gave either of them to you he should have asked you to sign them - if he did not then he really has no evidence that you ever received them ( you could for instance deny ever being warned or told you had a problem and could alledge that he fabricated the documents without your knowledge )

in any case - that is how it works

now if the hearing officer denies your claim -
you do have one final appeal - the case will be sent to your state's head unemployement office for review -
you will not be present - your employer will not be present -
the review and finding at this level is final -
but - I can tell you that I don't recall "ever' seeing a hearing officer's review overturned -

good luck

John

No, you can't apply for unemployment if you quit, because you are consider ineligible due to the fact that you quit.
What you can do is miss a couple days here and there, then show up late a few times this would get you fire if you want to use this route.

My advice is to find a different job while you are there.

Burnt Halo

Check out this website www.ajb.com and look for other work to do. Who says you have to stay with same lousy employer year in year out? Temp agencies may need you to. Like www.appleone.com or www.kellyservices.com See them listed in your yellowpage book.

You quit you lose unemployment. Expect to be punished. Like have to wait 12 weeks plus earn your regular weekly pay for each of 12 weeks no combining weeks.

tlludwig

My advice to you would be: 1. don't quit. 2. file an unemployment claim. Yes that's right. File an unemployment claim while you are working. In many cases when your hours have been reduced by your employer, you can collect partial unemployment. 3. start looking for a new job. Its obvious your employer is replacing you while you are there.

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