The joy of victory
Paul in Cannon Beach
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[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 05-12-06 AT 04:20PM (CST)[/font][br][br]Recently, a "problem" employee tendered his resignation. I tried to contain my glee. He is not a bad person but he had allowed his attitude to get to the point where he was negatively affecting others.
After he left, I was suprised to recieve notice that he had filed a unemployment claim. I marked "voluntary resignation" and returned the notice. I got a second notice indicating he was contesting my response.
Yesterday, I recieved the administrative decision. I won. Though the employee claimed a lack of advancement opportunities (not true), the ruling found that work was available and the ee work without good cause.
Just wanted to share...
After he left, I was suprised to recieve notice that he had filed a unemployment claim. I marked "voluntary resignation" and returned the notice. I got a second notice indicating he was contesting my response.
Yesterday, I recieved the administrative decision. I won. Though the employee claimed a lack of advancement opportunities (not true), the ruling found that work was available and the ee work without good cause.
Just wanted to share...
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I had a guy leave voluntarily to go to school. Was I surprised to receive his UC request! We were granted a hearing to protest and I was even more surprised when he asked to bum a ride to the hearing with me! Granted, it was in a remote town some 40 miles away, but i thought that was pretty nervy.
He was a nice guy and left the company on good terms, so I just figured he was pursuing his options wihtout malicious intent and gave him the ride. I felt my good deed was rewarded when the Unemployment office denied his claim...
I could be standing on my head for all they know.
I WAY prefer telephone hearings over those in person. I've only had to do two in person: my first hearing EVER was in person, and we lost. I'd done a lot of assuming, and regretted it. (BIG issue with "policy" vs. "practice")
I've definitely learned to ask a lot more questions and never assume anything! I've also learned to drag the employee's supervisor to the hearings with me, telephone or in person.
And I won!
Balloonman
Either way, that is screwy.
We have no liability financially on the claim. But, as you pointed out, it is screwy. You know, sometimes it would be nice to see just a little bit of effort by the state to help reduce unemployment costs and quit allowing the unemployed to dictate the terms of when and how they will recieve their handouts.
Good question. Politicians seem deaf, dumb and blind to the issue - or at least dumb. It will take the business community, and specifically money to get the attention of Washington to overhaul the system. But there just seems to be so much apathy surronding this issue that I'm not optimistic anything will change unless we (HR) make it an issue at the top and then through the Chambers of Commerce and through political action committees. Anyone up for an old fashion 'March on Washington'??
Anyway, I had to go to an in-person hearing last week. Forced 2 supvsrs to go with me, had them all worked up. We knew this was going to be ugly. She had already been denied benefits and was requesting an in person appeal hearing. Get this....she doesn't show!!! Then, they send me a letter stating she has until the 23rd for her rights to appeal expire. huh?? She requests the hearing, doesn't show, and gets another 2 weeks to appeal her appeal?? She would have to show "good cause" for failure to appear, but give me a break.
I mean, after all, she is unemployed. Its not like she is too busy to attend, right?