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For those of you (employees, not IC) - who run out of work

Posted: Jun 02, 2011

I'd like to know how you are all dealing with it. Do you sit and wait on work during your scheduled shifts without getting paid? Have any of you filed for unemployment due to lack of work? I wonder how people manage to pay for insurance, etc. Have any of you quit your jobs and received unemployment? How do you all manage? TIA for any information you are willing to share.

We ran out once in 25 years. We used vacation time - Tonsofwork

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and went home.

Consistently ran out of work late last year and... - Hayseed

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I wrote a nice letter to my employers thanking them for all the years of great employment but that I understood the industry was changing and I couldn't afford to not be working. I let them know I would be filing for unemployment the following day, and if things ever turned around, they knew where to find me and I would love to go back to work for them again. I let them know it was nothing personal, but it's just what I had to do.

The next day came and they called me saying, "Don't panic" and since then I haven't run out. I love my little MTSO. Those nationals, well, they are basically poopie.
;-)

are you able to quit a job - ..

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and be eligible for unemployment?

Quit - SS

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Yes...if you feel that you resigned for "just cause."

"Just cause" resignation is somewhat open to interpretation, based on individual circumstances. An obvious example for "just cause" is if your employer asked you to do something illegal. Or, if your working conditions or situation or treatment is so deplorable that another employee in that situation would also feel the need to resign.

Before pursuing "just cause" -- and depending on the specific situation -- document your grievance to your employer, and allow a reasonable amount of time for the employer to address and rectify the situation.

If your unemployment compensation claim is rejected, you can request an unemployment compensation hearing.

The poster's letter to her employer is brilliant.

From what I understand (sm) - Anon

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Legally as an employee, you are supposed to get minimum wage if your company demands that you sit at your PC and wait for work.

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