Took Job Out of State, But 6 Hour Commute is Too Much
My question involves unemployment benefits for the state of: ca
worked in Long Beach, CA for two years. I then got laid off. I claimed unemployment for about a month and was offered a job in Phoenix AZ. I accepted the job but still live in Long Beach. My girlfriend and I of two years have a house there and she has a child so we all live together. I travel between Phoenix AZ and Long Beach, CA every week and rent a room in a house in Phoenix. I have been at this new job about three months. The cost of comuting between Long BEach and Phoenix, and the duplicate living expenses, along with the emotional implications of being away from loved ones every week has me wanting to quit and go back to my house in Long Beach. If I quit my job in Phoenix, AZ and go back to Long Beach can I file for unemployment in California again? I realize I quit but dont I have a "good faith claim"? I also sent emails to my supervisor twice asking if they could relocate me to Southern CALifornia since the company has multiple offices there. Their answer was that they didnt have work there right now.
Thanks
Re: Took Job Out of State-6 Hour Drive Too Much
The question will be asked, why did you not move to Phoenix? I would seriously question whether benefits would be awarded in this situation.
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Didn't move to Phoenix because my GF and fiancé has a good job there in long beach. Why would California ask me why I didn't move out of state? That doesn't make any sense.
Re: Took Job Out of State-6 Hour Drive Too Much
I promise you, if you expect CA to pay you unemployment after you quit a job, they are going to ask that. It's not an unreasonable expectation or an unreasonable question.
The way I understand it, if you had quit immediately, you might have had a chance, but by doing the drive for several months, you essentially said that the drive was acceptable. They're going to have a lot of questions about why it was acceptable initially but not now, and why you didn't consider these issues before you accepted the job.
I'm not a CA UI claims adjuster, but if I were, I'm by no means sure I'd accept this quit as a valid reason for benefits. But I'll tell you what I will do; I'll present this question to someone I know who spent 30 years working in the UI system and see what she says.
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Re: Took Job Out of State, But 6 Hour Commute is Too Much
The reason I said that didn't make any sense is because I don't think that the EDD expects people to look for work hundreds of miles away. Otherwise, nobody would be eligible for benefits.. Wouldn't my California job be the qualifying event and my job in AZ not a disqualifying event? I need to check their website again...
Re: Took Job Out of State, But 6 Hour Commute is Too Much
Your best bet....Go to the local Unemployment office in Cali, stand in line, talk to someone there in person.
It's more complicated as you are working in another state right now, too.
Re: Took Job Out of State, But 6 Hour Commute is Too Much
Here's the problem:
Whether they expect you to look for work hundreds of miles away or not, you DID. You DID accept a job hundreds of miles away. You WORKED at the job hundreds of miles away for several months. Now you want to QUIT that job.
Yes, that job is going to count. That job is going to be your terminating employer, NOT the job you had in California. You made the choice; you do not get a "do-over".