If you were on workers compensation and that ran out and then your old job did not take you back, you should be able to collect unemployment. However, you will need to apply for it. There are certain restrictions. You will need to go to the unemployment office and ask them rather than ask the internet.
Example sentence - He did not qualify for unemployment compensation because he has never been employed.
Typically Unemployment Compensation occurs when one loses their job either because they were fired or layed off by an employer. By law, the employer is required to pay that person a percentage of their pay for a set number of weeks. If one quits a job, it can not be collected.
No, you cannot VOLUNTARILY make yourself unemployed and then claim unemployment compensation because of it.
If your company has been paying its unemployment taxes to the state all along, its being bankrupt won't hurt your unemployment benefits because those are paid to you from the state's pool of taxes collected from all the employers. Of course, you still have to qualify as any other claimant, as far as the state is concerned.
You may qualify, according to the Related Link below, "Worker's Guide to Unemployment Compensation, pp. 8,9. You may also qualify for workers compensation (health issues) if you were sick because of the job.
no, because it is considerd ilegal
No. They are considered an excluded class because they were not employees of a private company
Under the Interstate Unemployment Agreement provisions you could file in either, but preferably in New York since it is the "liable state" which collected the unemployment taxes from your employer.
No. You would collect Workman's Compensation benefits because you were unable to work, thus disqualifying you from collecting unemployment (you have to be seeking full time employment to qualify for this).
Yes - because it's classed as 'un-earned income'.
Because there is no specific universal guideline determining approval of unemployment compensation you need to contact your own state's unemployment office for clarification of their rules/laws. Some allow company's policies determine if an employee was justifiably discharged. Other are very lenient when it comes to employee issues.
You would file in Rhode Island, the "liable state", because it is the one who collected unemployment taxes from your employer.