Recent content by MarkIV

Thanks for that great info! Unfortunately, because I was using the Textra app it doesn't backup to Google automatically. Now switched to Google messages to prevent in the future.

Yes, I was going to send that today. If there are edits you would suggest I'd love your input. I've never had an appeal escalate to a hearing, so that part is new to me. In past appeals it has just gone away.

I received the notice a week ago. Spent the weekend trying to recover the texts and contacting the provider. I should have explored a more solid route from the start. You are right, any evidence is due today so too late to collect it by other means. I am very thankful for everyone's insight on...

Yes, a nanny state for sure! I have told my guys that if I have to do layoffs for lack of work, that I would encourage them to file for unemployment. It irks me when able bodied guys take advantage of the system out of laziness, etc. I've never lost an appeal, good to know it can go either way...

I read that somewhere, that in certain instances you can get benefits even when you quit. I don't believe he wound up leaving the state, but also his statements are saying he was fired (not the case)

Sometime in October, Mr. X asked for a week off to visit his mother. I was absolutely fine with that and encouraged the visit as another employee’s mother had just passed away. Once the dates of his time away were confirmed (November 4 through 9), I planned the week he would be gone accordingly...

Thank you for your reply, it will actually be a phone hearing. I'm not sure what the format will be, if it will be a series of questions or if I'll be allowed to give a statement. I did prepare a very careful statement of facts just in case, but only included details of his quitting. I will...

Hello and thank you for reading. I'm an employer and next week I have a hearing for an appeal for unemployment. The former employee claims he was fired and is perjuring himself on state documents, as he actually quit. There was a text chain proving this, and of course, the phone I had at the...