Getting Fired because of School!!!!Can I apply for unemployment?

[mynameizjim]

Hi all,

last week I posted something about me getting fired because of school.Now it is Official and only a matter of weeks for me to get fired or laid off.I was just wondering am I able to get Unemployment chekcs from the gov't if i get laid off or fired even though I am going to school?

I am very furious a my job and wants to quit right away, I am the Data Entry Lead clerk .MY boss asked the owner if I could work the weekend and she said that I can't since I cant be there in the Weekdays why should I work in the weekends.He even told her that she should just fired or let go of us if we can't work in the weekdays.

It's the owner that wants us fired.Yes (US)3 of us are getting fired because we are planning on going to school.I will start my program in January and would love to get unemployment checks from the gov't.My boss is the best boss I could ever have.

I hate to leave a job that pays pretty good, but I know in the end I'll find a better paying one.Hopefully the owner suffer since he's going to fire 3 of us.

WILL I"LL BE ABLE TO GET A CHECK FROM UNEMPLOYMENT?EVEN THOUGH IM GOING TO SCHOOL?PLS HELP!!

[Gumshooz]

:Santa1: I know what you mean. My room mate is getting unemployment and kicks back all day long. I work graveyard so duting the day they are just playing games and chatting on the innternet. When I am sleep they are extremely loud on the games but when I am about to leave they are sleeping peacefully. It drives me nuts!

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

I received unemployment checks while living in California and attending LVN school; however, I did not inform the unemployment office that I was attending school. You can call it fraud if you want, but the state has taken too many deductions out of my check over the years.

[luv4nursing]

I received unemployment checks while living in California and attending LVN school; however, I did not inform the unemployment office that I was attending school. You can call it fraud if you want, but the state has taken too many deductions out of my check over the years.

I hear you! :chuckle

[jodyangel, RN]

Well believe me, unemployement won't pay your bills with what they pay. The MOST money you can receive is $503.00. And $603.00 if you work parttime BUT they deduct what you've made from that amount, so you still make more working fulltime obviously!!

[Lisa CCU RN, RN]

When you get unemployment checks I'm almost positive they don't come form the government, but the company itself because they have paid some kind of insurance just for this. I got unemployment for one week after being fired from a job just because the administrator did not want to give me my tuition reimbursement. He claimed it was for another reason (if you really want to know the reason PM me) but I know better. I filed and he tried to appeal, but I won my case. If you are fired for bad conduct, you will not get unemployment. So, in your case I'm not sure about the circumstances. I received a letter (about one week too late) that stated that because I was in secondary education Mon.- Fri. and I worked on Saturday and Sunday, my work and school did not interfere with one another so I didn't even have to look for another job and as long as I was in school I could just keep collecting my unemployment for a year and a half. Unfortunately, I got a job so quickly I didn't see this letter and I couldn't quit it so I only got one week. Boy it would have been nice to collect from him and make him pay me for the very thing he fired me over! What I'm getting at is in your case, you are interferring with regular work hours and he could make up anything and say you were not a very good employee. I'd call the local unemployment office and ask and then make sure your boss puts "laid off" on your record.

[Lisa CCU RN, RN]

I received unemployment checks while living in California and attending LVN school; however, I did not inform the unemployment office that I was attending school. You can call it fraud if you want, but the state has taken too many deductions out of my check over the years.

I don't think it is fraud at all. I got a letter that said I did not even have to work while in school when I got unemployment. See my post above.

[Lisa CCU RN, RN]

I had 2 or 3 girls in my class who were collecting unemployment but I dont think they told the unemployment office they were in school bc I think u dont qualify then. one was a CNA in a nursing home and they fired her for being late for work when they knew she came straight from school! School didnt let out until 2:45 (sometimes 2:30) and she had to be there at 3. They wouldnt support her there, I think that is so messed up that they would try to discourage her from going to school like that. You would think they would do everything they could to help as in working with her schedule, etc. She said they said that if they made an exception for her they would have to do it for everyone! But they wouldnt even let her change her schedule to part time, etc.

I was jealous bc they were making more on unemployment than I was working! lol :)

Man this makes me regret getting a job so fast!

[Boston-RN, RN]

ditto what griddleboy said....when you collect unemployment you have to indicate that you are "available to work" and not in school

[Lisa CCU RN, RN]

ditto what griddleboy said....when you collect unemployment you have to indicate that you are "available to work" and not in school

This is not true everywhere because I was in school and I was eligible to collect for 18 months and was not required to look for work either. The 18 months was the maximum amount of credits I had earned to be eligible to collect.

[jodyangel, RN]

Again I say...its Not enough money if you're use to working fulltime with that fulltime paycheck!! I will make about a thousand dollars a week before taxes and would only receive 500$ if I didn't work. So to me, its not worth it!

[BlessedbyGod]

Not so sure about everywhere else but I know in Chicago, IL one cannot go to school and collect unemployment at the same time. You are required to report that you have been looking for work and are available for work. I was hoping that I could have collected and go to school but they clearly informed me that I had to be actively looking for work and could not be attending school. I believe that whole point of unemployment insurance is just to tie one over until they can find another job. But sometime the money runs out before you do.

[AnnaN5]

Not so sure about everywhere else but I know in Chicago, IL one cannot go to school and collect unemployment at the same time. You are required to report that you have been looking for work and are available for work. I was hoping that I could have collected and go to school but they clearly informed me that I had to be actively looking for work and could not be attending school. I believe that whole point of unemployment insurance is just to tie one over until they can find another job. But sometime the money runs out before you do.

In Michigan if you are a student you are not able to collect unemployment, which I think is a total load of crap. My boyfriend was a part time student while working full time; he got laid off at his job so he filed for unemployment. It was granted and he received 2 checks. A few months later he received a notice saying he had to pay back all of the money because they found out since he was in school he wasn't eligible for unemployment. So at least in Michigan, even if you answer no about the school question they may do some more digging and found out you are a student. I think that his old employer tipped off the unemployment agency about him going to school because they didnt want to pay his unemployment.