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RunsLikeAGirl
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 Posted: 02/16/05 - 11:47 Post subject: yet another unemployment question
Has anyone ever actually requested that they be laid off? Even if they didn't have another job to go to? How did that turn out for you?
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Laurie Ellen
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Posted: 02/16/05 - 12:21 Post subject:
I've requested to be laid off. He said no.
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MastrBrewr
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Posted: 02/16/05 - 15:07 Post subject:
| Laurie Ellen wrote: | | I've requested to be laid. He said no. |
Ouch. Very ouch.
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Laurie Ellen
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Posted: 02/16/05 - 15:19 Post subject:
| MastrBrewr wrote: |
Ouch. Very ouch. |
Tell me about it. 
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gretriever
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Posted: 02/16/05 - 15:21 Post subject:
LC retired from her place of work (actually where I work) when she had our son. Would that count?
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Cappy
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Posted: 02/16/05 - 15:48 Post subject:
The only issue I would see, is in the area of unemployment. If you asked to be laid off, the company could turn around and say that you voluntarily quit, thereby denying your employment benefits. If lay-offs are imminent I would wait for them to lay off, that way unemployment benefits will not be in question
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keltic63
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Posted: 02/16/05 - 15:51 Post subject:
| Cappy wrote: | | The only issue I would see, is in the area of unemployment. If you asked to be laid off, the company could turn around and say that you voluntarily quit, thereby denying your employment benefits. If lay-offs are imminent I would wait for them to lay off, that way unemployment benefits will not be in question |
but I have heard of people working at small companies volunteering to be laid off, so that another worker in a more difficult situation could keep working. the key is that the company maintains the line that they are laying you off, and says nothing about your volunteering to do so.
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Posted: 02/16/05 - 16:00 Post subject:
I would advise against this. The one case I know about (at my old job down here, which was a small business) the workload decreased and the employee, a rather naive younger girl, NEEDED full-time employment. She requested that the either lay her off or increase her hours back to full-time, as she didn't want two part-time jobs (because then she would receive no medical benefits).
The company refused to lay heroff, just one day told her to come back in a week and they'd have more work for her. She never showed back up for work, filed for unemployment, and they fought her on it. Since I found other employment before this case got settled, I don't know the outcome, but basically, they were being butts and said they had plenty of work for her (not true) and that she quit. All over what would have amounted to a tiny increase (we're talking like.05%) in their unemployment taxes. For a company wth only between 7-10 employees, with the wages they paid down here, it was a miniscule,amount. They were just butt-munches.
Good luck with whatever you are doing.
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RunsLikeAGirl
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Posted: 02/16/05 - 16:05 Post subject:
| kristin31 wrote: | I would advise against this. The one case I know about (at my old job down here, which was a small business) the workload decreased and the employee, a rather naive younger girl, NEEDED full-time employment. She requested that the either lay her off or increase her hours back to full-time, as she didn't want two part-time jobs (because then she would receive no medical benefits).
The company refused to lay heroff, just one day told her to come back in a week and they'd have more work for her. She never showed back up for work, filed for unemployment, and they fought her on it. Since I found other employment before this case got settled, I don't know the outcome, but basically, they were being butts and said they had plenty of work for her (not true) and that she quit. All over what would have amounted to a tiny increase (we're talking like.05%) in their unemployment taxes. For a company wth only between 7-10 employees, with the wages they paid down here, it was a miniscule,amount. They were just butt-munches.
Good luck with whatever you are doing. |
Yeah, I've thought about this. I work for a bunch of asshats, but they've never refused unemployment comp. I think your words are worth considering, though, and I'm going to go about this a different way.
Thanks for your responses!
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andydp
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Posted: 02/16/05 - 17:59 Post subject:
DO NOT ASK TO BE LAID OFF !!!
If you leave voluntarily you will not be eligible for unemployment benefits and the company saves money. That is the reason why your company is hinting that you do so. Make then "do the deed".
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mike55760
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Posted: 03/19/05 - 01:11 Post subject:
No one has asked me to get laid in a long time 
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DCRunningDiva
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Posted: 03/19/05 - 08:21 Post subject:
The only time I asked to be laid off is when they had me in the board room with them getting ready to fire me. 
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Posted: 03/19/05 - 11:08 Post subject:
| andydp wrote: | DO NOT ASK TO BE LAID OFF !!!
If you leave voluntarily you will not be eligible for unemployment benefits and the company saves money. That is the reason why your company is hinting that you do so. Make then "do the deed". |
Not always true.
I've worked for company's and have known others that were going through bad times that asked for 'volunteers' to be laid off. The volunteers received full severance pay and were also entitled to unemployment when their severance ran out...
So if the company is going through a planned lay off, they may accept volunteers...and some of your co-workers may be relieved that you may have saved their job..
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