My question involves unemployment benefits for the state of: Massachusetts
Hello, My employer terminated me 7.28.14 . I am in sales and recommended our customer buy from a competitor to get out of a delivery jam. My employer says no unemployment and now I have unemployment hearing as they are fighting to stop the unemployment payments.
After termination, employer went through emails and discovered I was selling their equipment to other customers in similar long delivery jams while at work, ( equip I bought on ebay, some equipment purged as excess inventory held too long that I took from company trash dumster. ) Employer considering to file legal charge. Their lawyer will be at unemployment hearing and might try asking me questions and details that will incriminate me and open a large can of worms. Unemployment meeting I presume will be under oath and official.
Do I have any options to not answer lawyers question that will definitely make things worse. Can I plead anything that will allow me not to answer questions as they will incriminate me?
My Employer only knows of attempts made to sell similar equipment and also three confirmed sales.
My silence could keep this as a non worthy case to pursue as civilly I have no assets and criminally there is not much detail.
Please help?

