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File anyway! Don't let them intimidate you. You earned those benefits and you have every right to collect them. The worst thing that can happen is NYS Department of Labor says you don't qualify, but if you were laid off and not fired for misconduct, you should be fine. Just make sure you keep up with your job search requirements and file your weekly claims on time.
THIS IS WHY THE SYSTEM IS BROKEN!!! Employers get to benefit from our labor but then try to prevent us from accessing the safety net we paid for. I went through hell when my company laid off 50 people and then contested EVERY SINGLE unemployment claim just to save money on their taxes. Meanwhile people are struggling to pay rent and buy groceries!
The whole intercept system is such BS! They can just take your money without even properly explaining why. I had an intercept for supposedly owing money to some agency I'd never heard of and it took months to prove it was a mistake. Meanwhile I'm trying to pay rent with whatever scraps they left me.
The whole system is rigged against working people anyway. First they replace us with machines then make us jump through hoops just to get benefits we paid into. Corporate America wins again while we fight for scraps.
wait so if robots take your job you can still get unemployment? I thought there had to be like a specific reason or something
THE WHOLE SYSTEM IS BROKEN!!! I've been fighting with NYS Department of Labor for months and they act like our suffering doesn't matter. Meanwhile politicians get their paychecks on time every week. The adjudication process is deliberately slow to discourage people from claiming benefits they're entitled to.
Jamal Thompson
definitely file even if ur not sure!! i got fired for being late too many times and still got unemployment. the employer has to prove it was misconduct and most of them dont bother fighting it unless its something really bad
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Mei Chen
Just want to say hang in there - getting terminated is scary but you'll get through this. The unemployment system exists for exactly these situations. Document everything about why they're firing you in case you need it for your claim.
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