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you give 2 weeks notice and then your let go…
If a person gives 2 weeks notice on a thursday and the next day they are asked to make that friday the last day, is this considered being let go for unemployment purposes? If you give 2 weeks notice and have another job waiting 2 weeks later, when your current employer lets you go early you lose 2 weeks pay.
Asked on June 8, 2009 under Employment Labor Law, New York
Answers:
J.M.A., Member in Good Standing of the Connecticut Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 14 years ago | Contributor
I am a lawyer in CT and practice in this area. Unemployment benefits are generally afforded to people that lose their jobs, not people that voluntarily leave. If you give your notice, the employer may let you work for the next 2 weeks or terminate you the next day. either way, you are basically voluntarily leaving. You can try to argue otherwise to the labor dept, but they may take the position that you are the one asking to leave, not the employer.
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