You file in the "liable state" which is the one where the company paid your employment security taxes to the state. Most states are members of the interstate unemployment compensation program, where you can file where you live, but have to identify your company's IRS tax number and address
The company's going bankrupt should not affect your getting unemployment, The company paid (or should have) unemployment taxes to the state who, in turn, pays the benefits to claimants. Therefore it is the state you look to for relief.
The state you perform your work in is the "liable state", the state that pays your unemployment benefits. No matter whether you live in the state you work in, or even if the company's headquarters are in another, you get your benefits from where you work.
If you are an employee of the cab company because you earn wages, then the company pays unemployment insurance to the state. If you were on straight commission, then they probably do not because commissions do not qualify you for benefits. Each state has it's own requirements as to who pays unemployment insurance.
As the employer, who is responsible for paying the payroll tax from which the state collects funds for unemployment benefits, you'd pay in the state where your company is based. Employees pay no unemployment insurance, but can file in the state where they live and that state will act as the "agent" state, in their behalf, and assist them collecting from the "liable" state.
Although unemployment laws vary from state to state, the purpose of unemployment compensation is to provide income to someone who has lost their job through no fault of their own. Thus, it is required that you have left the company involuntarily, and you are not eligible if you quit. Check with your state's unemployment commission to see what the requirements are to claim unemployment in your area. You are going to have to contact them to start benefits anyway - it never hurts to ask if your particular circumstance qualifies you for unemployment.
Unemployment benefits are paid by your state, so benefit checks will not be effected by bankruptcy.
No. You can only collect from the "liable state" which the employer pays unemployment taxes to, which in your case is California.
Religious nonprofits have the option to not pay unemployment to the state. If they choose not to pay unemployment then the employee cannot collect unemployment. If they do pay unemployment costs to the state then the employee can collect unemployment benefits. Nonreligious organizations do have to pay unemployment, but they can pay the state one of two ways. As a state tax rated employer (same as a for profit company) or as a direct reimbursurer. In this case the employee is able to collect unemployment benefits. Referenced from www.chooseust.com
In order to be eligible for unemployment you need to have been released from your job at no fault of your own. Your company moving out of the state would qualify in that category and provided that you meet the other requirements you should be eligible to collect unemployment while you are actively looking for work.
No. It is beyond what a company can require a worker to do. They might fire you or you quit, but their actions would not prevent you from being eligible for unemployment benefits.
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.
Since you lost your job through no fault of your own you probably could. It also may depend on whether the company was in an unemployment tax category in your state and paid its taxes.