Ifmy employer offers me either a transfer or termination and I choose termination, would I be eligible for unemployment benefits?
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Ifmy employer offers me either a transfer or termination and I choose termination, would I be eligible for unemployment benefits?
This would be my 3rd location in less than 6 months.
Asked on August 5, 2011 Ohio
Answers:
M.T.G., Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 13 years ago | Contributor
This is a really well thought out question here. The rule of thumb is that you have to let go from your employment through "no fault of your own." You have to be fired and quitting (which is what you are opting for here) is generally not the basis for collecting unemployment with some exceptions (being forced to quit because of conditions in the workplace, etc.). It may be in your best interest to speak with your employer here about the options they have given you. You sound as if you are being bounced around and that can be very distressing. But your employer will be the one to deny you unemployment. Ask if they will sign an agreement that if you accept termination they will allow you to collect. If they will not then you know that they will challenge the filing. Then you have to see if being bounced from location to location is enough to allow you to quit for the working conditions issue: too far to commute - whatever. Good luck.
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