Lunch & Learn: Unemployment Compensation- Separation Issues

Description

Many employers and claimants have difficulty understanding the process UC uses to determine an employee’s eligibility for benefits after voluntarily leaving or being discharged from a job. This presentation explains how the service center discovers the person quit or was discharged, the fact-finding process, burden of proof, the factors that are considered when making a determination, and appeal rights. Our seminar will explain the process the UC Service Center follows when investigating and issuing determinations relating to quits and discharges, including: What are the steps taken in the fact-finding process? How is a ruling issued without fact-finding information from a party? What factors determine if a separation is a quit or a discharge? What determines burden of proof? How are certain exceptions under the federal Trade Readjustment Act factored into determinations? What additional steps are available if there is a disagreement with the determination?