Employer Offering Job Back to Me After Filing UI

My question involves unemployment benefits for the state of: Utah

After a few months of being on UI, my ex-employer called and said they would like me to come back to work starting Monday. Now I haven't applied there since but do I have to take my job back if they called me and said they wanted me to come back or can I refuse? I didn't talk to them they just left a voicemail. Basically I think they want to hire me and then fire me for some stupid reason so they can get out of paying my UI.

It just seems like a big loophole for employers to use so they don't have to pay UI..or am i wrong?

If they fire you, they'll have to have a valid misconduct reason before the UI office will deny your claim.

However, one thing I will promise you. If you turn down the job, your employer WILL tell the unemployment office that you refused work, and your benefits WILL stop.

That just doesn't seem right imo. How does it make sense? No employer would have to pay for UI if they could just offer their former employee their job back and get out of paying ui.

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Quoting sciontcguy

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That just doesn't seem right imo. How does it make sense? No employer would have to pay for UI if they could just offer their former employee their job back and get out of paying ui.

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Ummmmm, because then the person would have a job.:wallbang:

That depends on which is more important to the employer - not paying UI or not having to deal with the employee anymore.

Trust me, there are employees I would gladly pay the UI for if it meant I didn't have to have them working for me anymore.

Besides, you're the one who said they're only offering you the job to fire you again. I never said that. Nor do I have any reason to think that is the case.

You make up your own mind. But if you refuse the work and lose your benefits, remember, you heard it here first.

Are they offering you your identical job back with everything the same as it was before you were discharged?

If not, then you might have a good case to refuse the job and have it treated as unsuitable employment.

Depends on how different it is.

its a call center, i would be doing the same thing, just a different project. same pay

I very much doubt that would be considered different enough to be considered unsuitable work.

Ok just wondering. Also can I still file until I get my first check from my employer or do I have to stop once I begin working??