No. You voluntarily left your job- you weren't laid off or intentionally put out of work.
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.
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.
Owners of companies are not eligible for unemployment benefits.
If, as a result of the buy-out, you lost your job through no fault of your own, you should be eligible to receive benefits.
If you lost your employment through no fault of your own you would be eligible for unemployment benefits.
Unemployment benefits are paid by your state, so benefit checks will not be effected by bankruptcy.
No. Unemployment benefits are provided for those who did work but, for some reason, have lost their jobs. If you are working, you are not eligible for unemployment benefits.
No, an employee who was fired for not following the companies policies cannot collect the unemployment benefits. This is because such an employee is usually deemed to have violated such terms.
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.
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.
I'm not an attorney, but from the sounds of your question, the "package offered by your company" appears to be in lieu of unemployment benefits (chargeable to the company), in return for some type of remuneration payable to you. They could also be downsizing, etc. and to be fair to you, allow you to file, unchallenged, for unemployment. It would seem prudent to check with the unemployment office in regard to the agreement you have, to determine where you stand.
In the UK -The company you quit has no responsibility to you.The company that has just laid you off will need to provide you will statutory redundancy pay (if any, you may not have worked for long enough) for the period for which you worked for them.Your unemployment benefits (from the state) will be due to you because of the national insurance contributions, a portion of which is garnered from your wages and another portion paid by your employers (both companies). If you have enough qualifying payments you will be entitled to job seekers allowance.