I am guessing here but I would say the current company. If you worked at all for the second company I would say they are responsible, but if you didn't I would say the first company. Just file for the unemployment and let the department figure it out.
You are still responsible for their insurance, when you get another job that has it available. If there is no insurance right now, most of the time you would be responsible for half of any medical bills that are acquired while they were uninsured.
If the buyout caused you to lose your job, through no fault of your own, you would be eligible for unemployment, if all other requirements were met.
It looks like it was acquired by another company in 1998. http://www.yesvirginia.org/About_Us/NewsArticle.aspx?newsid=330
yes you can
Some common features of an economic depression include high levels of unemployment and high levels of foreclosures. The high levels of unemployment are indirectly responsible for many of the foreclosures. Another factor in foreclosures is the expiration of first-time buyer tax credits.
If you have your own business, even if it generates no income, you are considered employed. New York does have a program that helps business startups. To qualify for unemployment you have to have been a wage earner for a period of time. Check with the unemployment office for details on the business/consultant issues. See the "What if I want to start my own business?" in the Related Link below.
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Only the "liable state" pays the benefits. That is the state where you worked when you lost your job. You can apply through another "agency state" to help in receiving those benefits from the liable state, however.
No. You QUIT the job. To get unemployment you have to be fired.
No. If you quit your job, you are not eligible for Unemployment benefits.
If it results in you losing your job, yes, you generally can because you lost the job through no fault of your own.
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