Unemployment Compensation in California

All facts about Unemployment Insurance Benefits• You must file ongoing claims and respond to
Unemployment compensation payments arequestions concerning your continued eligibility. You
designed to provide temporary financial assistancemust report any earnings from work and any job
to qualified unemployed workers who meet theoffers or refusal of work during any claim period.
eligibility requirements of California law.• Meet any other unemployment eligibility
It is designed, primarily, to provide monetaryrequirements of California law.
payments for a given period or until they find aOn top of all of these, it is paramount that you
new job to those qualified unemployed workersfile a claim and register for work at the local state
who have been terminated with no fault of theiremployment. As possible, it is advised that you
own.continue to report to that office as directed.
Most states provide compensation of this kind,Hearing and Representation
only that the constitutive eligibility requirements,After filing a claim, a waiting period would be
benefits formula as well as the value and level ofexpected by the applicant-worker. This is
payments differ. However, each state’scustomary in this type of claims.
unemployment compensation program takes itsDuring this period, the State’s unemployment
direction from federal principles.agency would assess the applicant’s eligibility
Eligibility requirements for California Unemploymentrequirements and the value of benefits to which
Benefitsthe applicant-worker is entitled.
Unemployment benefit program may not coverIt is just common that, in any case, employers
those ordinary unemployed workers. A workerwould come to dispute the application. This would
who quitted or resigned from a job voluntarilyin effect lead to the denial of most claims files by
without good cause may not be entitled to thethe applicant-workers.
benefits under this program.In cases of denial, following the basic precepts of
This also applies to those who had been validlyfair play, a worker is entitled to dispute
discharged from the job for misconduct oremployer’s arguments or contentions.
refused to carry out the job without sufficientIn this latter case, the distressed worker who
cause at all.feels wronged by the denial should seek a qualified
To be entitled, generally, the individual must beemployment lawyer to help them get the benefits
unemployed through no fault of their own, mustthey rightfully deserved.
be able to work and readily available for suitableIn Temple City California, a large number of
work.employment lawyers who advocate this area of
Cases of resignation due to employer’slaw. They constantly monitored cases of this sort
retaliation of employees who whistle blow againstand continued to provide quality representations
company executives, employer’s harassment,to claimants of unemployment compensation
discrimination or threat are sufficient cause forbenefits.
entitlement of benefits under the unemploymentMany Temple City employment lawyers are
benefits payment.capable of defending your rights and ensure
Aside from the foregoing, the California lawjustice for all the employees.
provides the following basic requirements forWe value our commitment to uphold the law and
collecting unemployment payments:protect the rights of the employees. For your
• You must have been employed.legal concerns regarding employment
• You must be determined to be unemployedcompensation, log on to our website and seek the
through no fault of your own as defined underaid of our competent Temple City lawyers.
California law.