My question involves unemployment benefits for the state of: california
here's my situation:
on june 5, the company I was working for closed down 12 of their 21 offices nation wide. The company also forced all employees to take a 4% pay cut. because of the office closings, I was told that my office, which takes telephone surveys in both english & spanish would be doing more spanish calling. As a result, the spanish manager from an office that was closed down was moved here to my office in san diego to be my "co-manager."
about a month later, my district manager was in the office and asked me to come speak with him in private. He called corporate (hr I think), and I heard a woman ask him if he could handle it on his own. He replied, "yes" and hung up the phone. He then turned to me and said, "I hate to tell you this, but we've got ti let you go." I asked why and was told, "we're going to be doing ore spanish calling and corporate wants me to take a more hands-on role... There's really no place for you." I then asked about severance pay & was told that he needed to talk to his boss and to call later. He thanked me for the job I had done, told me I could use him as a reference & gave me my final paycheck.
I filed for unemployment and told edd that I was laid off. I got my 1st check, but when it was time for the 2nd, I got a notice for a phone interview. My employer told edd I was fired for breaking a rule. I've never had any issues with breaking rules with the exception of a warning I got for chewing tobacco on company grounds a year ago. I've never even called in to work in my 3 years.
I've been off for almost 2 months now & they're not even sending me claim forms.
the letter edd sent me asks things like, "were you warned?" & "why did you give incorrect info on your claim form?"
my interview is this week and I'm scared. Can they just make something up & get away with it? I have no documentation (wasn't allowed back into my office), is it just my word against theirs? What info should I include? Will I get back pay if I win?
sorry about the novel. Please help

