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Wanting your cake and eating it too - ?


Posted: Jan 12, 2010

It is extremely easily to apply for unemployment insurance.  Medquist has not fought one single claim to date. 

I think everybody should start trusting the government a little more!  Medquist got in trouble for legal reasons not because somebody said something bad about them.

You have to train full time to qualify for TAA.  They pay you while you train, but face it, at some point to go to school full time....you might have to quit the Q!

Who you gonna trust?

Unemployment claim denied - Anon

[ In Reply To ..]
MQ did win an unemployment claim filed by one of our fellow MTs. It was a very drawn out process, involving conference calls among the MT, the Q, and the DOL.

I filed for partial unemployment at the height of the cesspool era when getting NJA consistently. I was approved, and even received my VISA card. I never followed through by submitted a claim. The bookkeeping and paperwork were mind boggling.


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