I am dealing with the same situation right now. When my assignment at the temp agency ended, they told me work "might" be available in the upcoming months. I said thanks but I was going to focus on finding full-time, permanent work. When that didn't happen, I filed for UI. Have been receiving it for approximately 2 months now when I received a notice that there was an appeal hearing because the temp agency was claiming I quit and moved (I was looking for work elsewhere, but I never moved). I would definitely recommend contacting the staffing agency to see if anything is available and THEN applying...it seems, had I done that, what's going on now wouldn't be an issue for me. But the guy running it is also a tightwad, so that might have something to do with it.