Unemployment Benefits

[freeringo]

lol yeah i know i am creative huh. if i knew what i knew now i would be unemploymentguy.

Can't you ask NDN to change you name?

Maybe Kmartguy
or Walmartguy
or TacoBelldude
or BurgerKing
ROLF

I believe there are some registered trademark laws to consider

[PANAMHIEST]

I too had some serious issues arise from claiming unemployment. As some of yall know I wear hearing aids, well I worked at a auto auction when i was 19. I was washing cars and some nitwit on the job decided it would be funny to spray me good with the water hose. My hearing aids broke as a result of this, and even then i continued to work, there unable to hear. On monday nights is the auction, and of course you have to be able to hear and move quickly along after a car is final bidded. I tried one auction, and found I could not hear and I was holding things up, so the next auction comes along the next week, and I asked for the night off, because i wouldnt be able to do the job. The next day I show up for work, still without hearing aids(they cost a small fortune), and they fired me, for not doing the auction.

I filed unemployment, and got the benefits for about 3 months before the auction appealed it, and I had to go to court, still without my hearing aids. I said *** it, theres no way I am going to court not being able to hear to defend my case. They not only flat out lied about why I was fired, they discriminated me, they exspecting me to do something I was unable to do because of my disability. i was finally able to scrap up enough cash, junking, to buy some new hearing aids 6-7 months later, so I could get back to work.

So ya ringo your right, and even small companies like the auction, are shady too.

[freeringo]

3 YEARS AGO

I got fired from the hospital for getting into a minor traffic accident.
During my appeals hearing for my unemployment benefits which I was denied because the hopital claimed I committed 3 felonies and that I was totally negligent. The state of CA took their word on it.
During my phone hearing I asked 1 simple question to the person from the hospital.
I asked, "were you there at the scene of the accident"
She said "No"
Her entire case was based on hearsay with no written proof what so ever.
The hospital gambled all the way till the end, knowing they couldn't win and hoping I wouldn't show up or put my foot in my mouth.
I prevailed, but with the growing amount of illiterate people in the country
(40 million) it's no wonder why these companies spend tons of money lying and defaming it's previous employees.

[kingsnthahole]

so are we entitled to a paid lunch or its just mandatory that we take atleast a 30 min break. Our boss schedules us for 8 1/2 hours of work but we onyl get paid for 8 knowing we get a break. However, i waive the breaks because i eat in about 5 mins and leave after 8 hours...am i entitled to a paid lunch/dinner?

[targetguy1]

so are we entitled to a paid lunch or its just mandatory that we take atleast a 30 min break. Our boss schedules us for 8 1/2 hours of work but we onyl get paid for 8 knowing we get a break. However, i waive the breaks because i eat in about 5 mins and leave after 8 hours...am i entitled to a paid lunch/dinner?

got to see what your labor laws are and most of the time lunch breaks are unpaided.

[area206]

so are we entitled to a paid lunch or its just mandatory that we take atleast a 30 min break. Our boss schedules us for 8 1/2 hours of work but we onyl get paid for 8 knowing we get a break. However, i waive the breaks because i eat in about 5 mins and leave after 8 hours...am i entitled to a paid lunch/dinner?

For every four hours worked you get a 15 minute break. For every 5 hours worked you are to take a 30 minute lunch. For every 8 hours worked you take two 15's and a 30 lunch. These breaks are mandatory.

No you do not get a paid lunch/dinner as those breaks you have to take even if you waived them. Your company can get charged with a hefty fine if they found out that you waived those breaks.

[freeringo]

so are we entitled to a paid lunch or its just mandatory that we take atleast a 30 min break. Our boss schedules us for 8 1/2 hours of work but we onyl get paid for 8 knowing we get a break. However, i waive the breaks because i eat in about 5 mins and leave after 8 hours...am i entitled to a paid lunch/dinner?

In California you must be allowed 2 uninterupted breaks and 1 uninterupted lunch.
Keep track of them all in a diary and when the job is finished ever, then file a labor board claim. Get a co-worker with you and you will win 99% of the time.
Sounds to me that they owe you 2 extra hours of pay each day.