Employer is stating voluntarily quit, but I was laid off

You should tell the truth and shouldn't lie.

 

I don't "think" anyone here can tell you why your ex-employer is taking the stance they are. You should bring any/all proof you may have that backs up your claim...e-mail/memos/text etc.

I will "tag" @cbg , who is out HR expert, for you...perhaps she may have some insight in your situation.

 

Yours is not a legal question. Answer the questions truthfully and without embellishment, while making sure that you don't trash-talk your former employer.

 

Tell the story the way you told it here. If you have any documentation of what happened, be sure to offer it up during the interview and find out where and how to send it.

 

It is. However, there's nothing much anyone here can tell you based on the limited information provided. You said there's a phone interview. Well...you should respond to the questions asked truthfully. It's not like anyone here knows what you'll be asked.

No one here has any insight into your former employer's motivations, except that the number and size of valid unemployment claims has some bearing on unemployment taxes that an employer pays.

 

The unemployment office takes it for granted that either of the parties might be lying. You want to tell the truth exactly as it happened; do not give in to the (understandable) temptation to bad-mouth the employer. A former poster here used to say that often the decision by the UI office is in favor of the party that annoys them the least. You don't want that person to be you.