Collecting Unemployment After Relocating: Trailing Spouse Provision

What is known as a “trailing spouse” provision contained in unemployment laws, this allows a person who has had to quit their job in order to relocate with their spouse to collect unemployment benefits. This is in the interest of keeping the family together. Relocation can be within the state or to another state.

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Firing Employees with a Drinking Problem

Alcoholism is the single largest and most economically destructive addiction in America as an estimated seventeen million Americans struggle with some phase of alcohol addiction at a cost to industry of $186[1] billion each year. Federal and state law govern at what point an employer may terminate an alcoholic employee, and any employer faced with the negative affects of alcohol in the workplace should consult an experienced attorney before taking any action.

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Effect of Severance Pay on Eligibility for Unemployment Compensation Benefits

If an employee is involuntarily separated from work (e.g. fired not for cause; lay off); he or she is eligible for unemployment insurance his or her employment ends. If an employee receives severance and that severance is paid over time, or if that person signs a voluntary leave document that could negatively impact his or her eligibility for unemployment insurance.

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Unemployment Benefits After Being Fired

In some cases, an employee can collect unemployment after being fired. However, unemployment benefits are not available in all cases and sometimes being fired renders an employee ineligible for benefits. Individual state eligibility guidelines determine when an employee can receive unemployment and these guidelines may differ slightly from one jurisdiction to the next.

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Can You Be Fired for Medical Reasons?

You can get fired while out sick but you cannot be terminated because of medical leave or because of the underlying disability. An employee may be terminated for any reason that is not illegal, at any time, without notice.

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