Question about filing for unemployment

[TangoJuliet]

Originally posted by: montanafan
alkohoLiK, are you saying that at this private school she is only hired for one school year at a time and must be re-hired and sign a new contract each year? That would be different than in the public school system where, once you are hired on a permanent basis, your contract is continuing and therefore you are employed even during the summer when you are not being paid. In the public system here, some teachers are hired on a yearly basis and their contracts are terminated at the end of the school year if there is a RIF, making them eligible for unemployment. Others are hired on a yearly basis, but their contracts are continuing contingent upon them earning credits toward certification in the subject area they were hired to teach, making them ineligible for unemployment.

If she is hired for only nine months and then must be re-hired and sign a new contract to work the next year, she may be eligible for unemployment.

Montana, yes that is correct. At her current job (private school) she is hired for 9 months and then has to re-negotiate and sign a contract for next year. They havent offered her a job for next year yet. Like I said before she went on a interview for a public school job and more then likely it will be offered to her. That job will start in October and end in October 2008 (1 year contract).

 

[montanafan]

Originally posted by: alkohoLiK

Originally posted by: montanafan
alkohoLiK, are you saying that at this private school she is only hired for one school year at a time and must be re-hired and sign a new contract each year? That would be different than in the public school system where, once you are hired on a permanent basis, your contract is continuing and therefore you are employed even during the summer when you are not being paid. In the public system here, some teachers are hired on a yearly basis and their contracts are terminated at the end of the school year if there is a RIF, making them eligible for unemployment. Others are hired on a yearly basis, but their contracts are continuing contingent upon them earning credits toward certification in the subject area they were hired to teach, making them ineligible for unemployment.

If she is hired for only nine months and then must be re-hired and sign a new contract to work the next year, she may be eligible for unemployment.

Montana, yes that is correct. At her current job (private school) she is hired for 9 months and then has to re-negotiate and sign a contract for next year. They havent offered her a job for next year yet. Like I said before she went on a interview for a public school job and more then likely it will be offered to her. That job will start in October and end in October 2008 (1 year contract).

Well, if she has not been hired for the other job yet, it sounds to me like she may be eligible for unemployment in the same way that the teachers and aides hired around here on a yearly basis are. The only thing is, those people rarely file for unemployment because they expect to be re-hired in August, and filing for unemployment means that they have to be actively searching for employment and might be required to accept a job offer that came their way during that time. They don't want to accept any other job offers because they want to be able to accept the job with the school system if it's offered in August. It's a strange situation.

It wouldn't hurt for her to talk to someone at the unemployment office and find out exactly what will be required of her as far as the job search goes, maybe they could even help her find something better than the one she's hoping to get in October.

 

[Reel]

Now I see why the poster of the last unemployment thread was afraid to get unemployment: people that try to bend the rules and take free money.