Hello, this is my first post here but this looks like the right place to ask. I did try and run a search here on this subject but most of the topics or post I find are quite old.. Anyways, I have recently been released from a plant due to lack of work, having read the employee handbook it claims that filing for unemployment is acceptable because the company pays into unemployment taxes. Upon calling the state (NY in this case, but CT also said the same thing) they let me know that in order to receive any benefits, that it is expected for me to do a minimum of 3 work searches per week or face charges or other penalties.
I suppose i'm still pretty new to all this, but I was wondering if this is typical and if so, what do you do to handle it? Do you just find other work and then quit those jobs each time a nuke job comes up, is there something you can say to get the work searches waived, or do you have some other advice on how to make it work? It's a good chunk of money to leave on the table and since it's fully legal, I'd like to take advantage of it if I can do so ethically. Unfortunately my position in plants is of the unskilled nature, so while it pays fairly well, it means my job options go from doing these jobs to working in retail or something far less in terms of revenue than even what unemployment would pay. It puts me in an unusual situation where I might be unemployed for 3 months, but the office says you can only get a waiver for one month from the start date.. Do they just want me to find another job and quit when the time comes? It would seem in itself that could put the claim in jeopardy as well.. I've been stressing about this a lot not exactly knowing how to handle it, and figured more experienced people might have some helpful suggestions? Thank you very much!
