[Slingin Sammy 33]

Originally Posted by GMScud

Last week I had an employee basically ask me to fire him. He committed an offense that was pretty much the straw that broke the camel's back (he had 3 previous write-ups in his file), and when I pulled him aside to talk with him about it, he literally was like, "I know you've got to do what you've got to do." Long story short, he was practically begging to be fired. He was useless (I didn't hire him), but I was still hesitant because I don't want him to collect a dime of unemployment from us. But I still cut him loose. We well documented all of his missteps, and he even signed a "last warning" write up.

People who just blow off good jobs in this economy blow my mind.

I let a guy go for cause and he tried to collect unemployment, like tryfuhl mentioned, the VA unemployment folks called me to discuss the issue. I sent in some paperwork detailing the reason for firing. Then there was a conference call scheduled with the VEC, me and the person fired. The guy fired never got on the call and didn't get a dime of unemployment. Your situation sounds very similar, I don't think the guy you fired has a leg to stand on, but that's the process you'll probably have to go through.