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    Default Collecting Unemployment After Brief Employment in Another State

    My question involves labor and employment law for the state of: Connecticut & RI

    Here is my predicament, I worked for company A in the state of Connecticut for 5 years, I quit working for them because of a better job opportunity at company B in RI. The day I started at my new job I was informed that the the company had gone into receivership, a week later I was laid off. I initially filed for unemployment in RI because this was the state that my last job was in, a few days later I received a call from the state of RI telling me I have to file in CT because that's where my base period wages are coming from. I then filed in CT and am currently awaiting a hearing. So my question is should I have any problems collecting in CT? The concern I have is they will look at my job I held in CT, the one they will get my base wages from, and see that I had quit that job, and not see that I was laid off from my last job I had only had in RI for a week.

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    Default Re: Collecting Unemployment After Brief Employment in Another State

    First off, be sure that CT knows that you applied in RI first, and be prepared to submit paperwork to prove it so that you can get your claim backdated and not lose out on any weeks of benefits because of the lag that may have resulted from filing in the wrong state first.

    http://workforcesecurity.doleta.gov/...onmonetary.pdf on page 5-3 RI does allow a quit to accept other work and there is no footnote.

    You need to research this because if you read the footnotes, you can see that some states require the new job to be better than the old, and other stuff. Because you did quit, you have to know the factors that might still get you disqualified so that you're ready for them.

    My state for instance has no footnote, but by regulation, we can only quit a job and work a short time and still be eligible only if the job we accepted is "better" than the job we quit. So not having a footnote for RI doesn't mean that other factors don't come into play.

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    Default Re: Collecting Unemployment After Brief Employment in Another State

    I will inform CT that i did apply for befits in RI first, the paperwork i received from CT does show that i will be collecting from the week after i got laid off so that is correct. The job I got in RI was a better position and better pay so it definitely was not a lateral or worse job change

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    Default Re: Collecting Unemployment After Brief Employment in Another State

    Well my hearing is tomorrow, applied for 10 jobs I'm more then qualified for since i have been laid off without luck. Hope all goes well, will update tomorrow after the hearing

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    Default Re: Collecting Unemployment After Brief Employment in Another State

    Is this really a hearing or a phone interview? Makes a difference. If it's just a phone interview and things don't go so well, you can appeal and have a hearing where you can fill in any gaps that might have gotten you disqualified the first time. If this is a hearing, then this is your last chance to get the evidence submitted and your story right.

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    Default Re: Collecting Unemployment After Brief Employment in Another State

    It was an actual hearing, but done over the phone. The guy on the phone said i will more then likely get denied because i diddn't earn 1/10 of my base period wages at my new job so the only thing CT unemployment is looking at is that i voluntarily quit my second to last job. I explained to him that I left that job for a better position and better pay and he completely understood that but said because i did not earn enough at my new job (due to me getting laid off after 12 days) that i would not get unemployment benefits because they can not factor that job into the hearing. He said the only option i have is to appeal but at this point i don't see that working anyhow..........

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