My question involves labor and employment law for the state of: Maryland
I did not expect to have this much difficulty finding a job, but I have recently filed for unemployment after grad school, where I was a TA for 9 months (two semesters).
I thought that I would be able to file for unemployment based on this without issue, since I worked 20 hours a week both semesters. But after stumbling upon some threads on here, I have seen others claiming they were denied UI based on having been a student during their base period. Is this the case? I am having a hard time finding anything on the Maryland Unemployment websites that mentions anything about students or Teaching Assistantships. I apologize if this is premature, since I have not heard back about my eligibility yet, but is there a clear answer to this anywhere?
It might be worth noting that when I applied online, it automatically found records of my work at my two summer employers (last year), but not at the school where I was a TA.
There are two other issues that I am afraid might cause me trouble in this regard as well.
The first is in regards to those summer jobs. While the first was started with the intention that I would only work for the summer, I picked up a second but had to quickly leave after being offered my TA position at the school. Technically, I *could* have worked both the TA position (20 hours/week) and the other job (they asked for 12 hours a week), but for me this was not an option since I was still in the middle of grad school and had research projects, classes, and thesis writing that needed all my spare attention. However after reading other threads about employers appealing unemployment claims, I am afraid of the possibility that this could happen to me. The employer at this job was not happy that I left, and I can easily see them trying to block me from collecting UI based on this.
The second issue is that I have tentatively accepted a teaching position at a Community College about 2 hours away, starting the end of next month. No contracts have been signed, this was purely an email exchange. How might this play into my eligibility for UI? I am also considering moving out of state next month, instead of sticking around this area, because I am tired of being here and there are no real job opportunities for me; I would lose money teaching at the CC and it would not help my career path at all. Could it be held against me that I already have work lined up but will be actively giving up this potential job by leaving the state?
Thanks for your help. When I applied, everything seemed pretty straight-forward based on what the UI website says. Now I have a million questions but no clue who I could possibly ask.

