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Originally Posted by SolidSnake84
My step-mother works/worked in medical billing for a local eye doctor & surgery center. When they closed down, she signed up for the special unemployment. Now, the surgery center is slated to open on May 18th. She was contacted last week and told them that she was not coming back, because she was making more on unemployment.
Is this a state by state thing? Because i would think as a layman, if your company opens back up, and you choose to not return to your job, is it right that you still get unemployment benefits even though you are now choosing to remain unemployed over going back to your job?
Her and I disagree on this. I think it should only be for the people who truly cannot work because their companies closed down.
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I only know California unemployment rules from 10 years prior and before as that is where I worked for others and had my own employees. In Virginia I have no concern for them as I am not an employee in the official sense, nor do I have employees. Anyway in California not returning if called back from lay-off is considered a voluntary quit making you ineligible for unemployment. I believe most states are that way. I think the feds may continue to pay her until the end of June or whatever it was. She is going to regret her decision. When her unemployment runs out jobs are going to be hard to come by. The fallout from changes in people's spending habits are going to make things worse than they are now for a long, long time.