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To: cnyndwllr who wrote (50985)	2/29/2008 1:35:39 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 542946

The fact is that leaving a job voluntarily disqualifies a worker from receiving unemployment benefits until they requalify. Thats the law (or at least I think it is) but that doesn't mean it always get applied that way. And of course the employees can claim that it wasn't voluntary, as happened in the one example where the employee stopped showing up for work, and then at the hearing the former employee agreed to take him back, but the employee didn't accept. Now its possible that the employer was flat out lying, but I don't think its reasonable to make that the default assumption. Well I suppose technically the person who didn't show up for work might have been fired, but really he quit. To say, as you do, that people who just don't want to work anymore are gaming the system does those drawing such benefits a real disservice. No it doesn't. To say "everyone collecting money is someone who doesn't want to work anymore and is just gaming the system" would do those honestly drawing the benefits a real disservice, but I didn't say or imply anything of the sort.