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If you recently lost or left your job, or fear you may soon be fired, laid-off or left with no alternative but to quit, you need to understand your rights and eligibility for unemployment compensation. How to Win Your Unemployment Compensation Claim is an easy, user-friendly guide to applying for and winning the benefits to which you are entitled.

Complete with step-by-step instructions, samples of the forms you need and summaries of the laws in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia, this book can help you understand the law and apply for benefits.

This book explains in simple language:
Your eligibility for unemployment compensation
What may disqualify you from receiving benefits
How to calculate the amount of your benefits
The secrets of when to apply for benefits
How to file your claim
What happens if you were fired
What happens if you quit
What happens if you had hours reduced
How to file an appeal

Table of Contents

Using Self-Help Law Books -
Introduction -

Chapter 1: Eligibility -
- Previously Employed
- Unemployed or Partially Unemployed
- Financial Eligibility
- Able and Available for Work
- Effort to Secure Work
- Participate in Re-employment Services
- Additional Hurdles for Subsequent Application for Benefits
- Additional Hurdles for Disqualified Claimants (Purging Disqualification)

Chapter 2: Disqualification Issues -
- Discharged for Willful Misconduct
- Voluntarily Terminated Own Employment Without Good Cause
- Separated from Work as a Result of a Labor Dispute
- Illegal Aliens
- Already Receiving Unemployment Benefits in Another State
- False Representation in Order to Receive Benefits
- Failure, Without Good Cause, to Accept or Apply for Suitable Work

Chapter 3: Amount of Benefits -
- Determining a Base Period
- State Unemployment Compensation Benefit Calculations
- Adjustments to Weekly Benefit Amount
- Minimum and Maximum Weekly Benefit Amounts
- Maximum Total Unemployment Compensation Benefits
- Estimating Calculations

Chapter 4: When to Apply-

Chapter 5: Filing a Claim -
- Where to Go
- What to Bring
- What to Do When You Get There
- After You Leave
- Making Your Case for Benefits

Chapter 6: Getting Fired or Suspended -
- Your General Plan of Attack
- Absence or Tardiness
- Failure to Keep in Contact (Extended Absence)
- Insubordination
- Dishonesty
- Criminal Conduct
- Alcohol or Drug Use
- Labor Disputes (Strikes)

Chapter 7: Quitting Your Job -
- Your General Plan of Attack

- A Material Change in Your Job or You Were Misled When Hired
- Transportation Problems
- Safety or Health Hazards
- Extended Absence
- Health Problems
- Hostile Work Environment
- Labor Disputes (Lockouts and Violence)
- Voluntary Retirement
- Personal Reasons

Chapter 8: Layoffs, Reduced Work Hours, or Involuntary Retirement -
- Layoffs
- When You Are Partially Unemployed
- Involuntary Retirement
- Reasonable Assurance of Returning to Work

Chapter 9: Appeals -
- Appeals and Decisions of the State Unemployment Office
- Unemployment Compensation Administrative Hearings

Chapter 10: Lawyers and Professional Assistance -
- Needing a Lawyer
-Finding a Lawyer
-Selecting the Best Lawyer for Your Case

Glossary -
Appendix A: State Unemployment Compensation Agencies -
Appendix B: Unemployment Compensation Laws (State-By-State) -
Appendix C: Case Study Examples Defining Terms -
Appendix D: Sample Forms -
Index -

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