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Needing advise for my friend - nana

Posted: Oct 25, 2013

My friend has worked at a local hospital for the past 6 years and within the last year they have gone to voice recognition. Now because of this they are running out of work on a daily basis and she has to use her vacation time when this happens (she takes at least 3 days of vacation per week). She is starting to run low on vacation time and then has to take it without pay. Did I read on here that she can apply for unemployment because of lack of work?

I went to her house last night and helped her apply where I work and we will keep our fingers crossed on that. She is so depressed and scared. She just bought a new car before all of this happened and is thinking about turning it back in. I feel horrible for these transcriptionists and would like to help them in any way that I can. We live in Michigan.

I suggested partial unemployment to her but she can't get through to talk to a "person" to ask? Any thoughts?

Unemployment - MT

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She should have applied the minute work was short, but late is better than never. Tell her to apply as soon as possible because there is a waiting week involved that she won't get paid for. Also, you need to report your income for the week and if you are over the amount allotted on your case, you won't get a check. So partial unemployment only really works if her benefit amount is significantly more than her actual paycheck. For instance, if she is determined to be eligible for $300 a week, but she is making $300 a week at work, they allow you to make $50, so her unemployment would be $50. If she made $100 for that week, then her benefit amount would be $250. Even if she is still consistently making more than what she would be determined to get on unemployment, I would still file because of the decrease in work and the chances that she is going to eventually be laid off so that she can get her waiting week out of the way. The unemployment designation period is one year.

If she works for/at the hosptial - advice

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I would have her try to apply for a different position within the hospital. Something like admin or unit secretary, or a medical records tech. She needs to get out of the transcription dept.

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