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  • 04-13-2011, 10:41 AM
    hammertoes
    Changing from Full Time to Part Time
    My question involves unemployment benefits for the state of: Illinois

    My wife recently had one of those wonderful job evaluation meetings. She has been working with her employer for three years in the mental health field, and had been hearing rumblings of possible upcoming cuts. Although she works hard and does everything that is asked of her, she dislikes working there, and while she absolutely doesn't want to lose her job, she viewed a layoff as not an entirely bad thing as it would give her time to collect unemployment while she studied for her licensing certification exam.

    She was told in this meeting that "they were having a hard time justifying her job being a full-time position". This was an outcome that she had not considered. Basically, the company does not want to pay unemployment, so they're going to reduce her hours to the point that she will quit and be uneligable.

    Is this even legal? You have to think that if it was, what's to stop any company that doesn't want to pay unemployment to, as an alternative to laying off, cut the employee's hours down to say, one hour a week, and put them in a position where they have to quit?
  • 04-13-2011, 10:47 AM
    cbg
    Re: Changing from Full Time to Part Time
    Yes, it is legal.

    However, if you are right about their intent, they will be rather surprised when your wife applies for unemployment on the basis of the fact that her hours have been cut and she is approved.

    Did you not know that unemployment will often be granted on an hours reduction? The state would rather you have some income than no income, so in most if not all states if your hours are reduced, you can claim partial unemployment to make up some of the difference, AS LONG AS you continue working and do not quit.
  • 04-23-2011, 08:07 PM
    Desertgal
    Re: Changing from Full Time to Part Time
    CBG is correct, she should be able to get UI while she is working part time. And, she should be looking for a new job in the meantime.

    Be careful with enrolling in school or training, too, if she decides to do that. I'm not sure about Illinois, but where I'm from, California, they are very picky about things like that. So, if at all possible, it schooling should only be done during hours when she would normally be off if she was working in her job full-time.
  • 04-23-2011, 09:14 PM
    davidmcbeth3
    Re: Changing from Full Time to Part Time
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    Quoting Desertgal
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    CBG is correct, she should be able to get UI while she is working part time. And, she should be looking for a new job in the meantime.

    Be careful with enrolling in school or training, too, if she decides to do that. I'm not sure about Illinois, but where I'm from, California, they are very picky about things like that. So, if at all possible, it schooling should only be done during hours when she would normally be off if she was working in her job full-time.

    Yes talk the the unemployment office about going to any school ~ sometimes they'll OK courses w/o effectiving benefits.
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