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Please enable scripts and reload this page. An Official Pennsylvania Government Website. Office of Unemployment Compensation. Benefit Appeals. File an Initial Claim. File a Weekly Claim. New UC System. Report Fraud. Contact Us. Begin Main Content Area. However, you could still be denied unemployment compensation if you did not have good reasons for leaving the second job. The general rule in Pennsylvania is that most workers are considered "employees at will," and the employer can fire them for any reason or for no reason.
Only in special circumstances is there any way for a worker to get a job back. A few of the circumstances in which you can sometimes get a job back or get back pay are if you were fired because:. If you work for the government, you may also be protected by civil service rules.
If you are a non-probationary union member, your employer may also have a grievance procedure that you can use to try to get your job back, if the employer did not have just cause to fire you. However, the fact that you are approved for unemployment compensation benefits does not mean that you have a legal basis to get your job back.
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Your Right to Unemployment Compensation Who can get unemployment compensation? You can, if you have been laid off or fired through no fault of your own, or if you had very good reasons that forced you to quit your job; have earned enough wages to qualify for benefits; are able to work and are available for work at another job suitable to your skills, education or training; register for work as part of your unemployment compensation claim; put in a claim for benefits by telephone or Internet each week that you are able to work and are available for work.
You must meet all of these requirements to get benefits. How can I find out if I can get benefits? The Referee Hearing If you appeal a decision of the local Unemployment Compensation Service Center, or if your employer appeals, a referee will be assigned to hold a hearing, which is like a trial but somewhat less formal.
If you were fired for misconduct, you will not be able to collect unemployment, however. If you quit for good cause , you might be able to receive unemployment benefits.
Good cause reasons might include quitting for health reasons, losing your transportation without having an alternative means of getting to work or if your spouse was relocated and you could not afford to maintain two homes. Pennsylvania requires that you must be able and available to work.
If you receive an offer for a suitable job, you have to accept it. The suitability of a job depends on the level of training and skills that are required, how similar it is to your former job, its rate of pay and how far it is from your home.
You must also actively look for work, including applying for a minimum of two jobs each week and performing at least one additional work search activity. You will need to document the efforts that you have made including the dates, the employers that you contacted and what happened. The state may verify the efforts that you report. You may be able to receive benefits for up to 26 weeks. If your benefits claim is denied, you must appeal the decision within 15 days.
A hearing will then be scheduled. The hearing will be held before a referee, who is an administrative official. In order to increase the chances that your application will be approved, you might want to get help from the employment law attorneys at Swartz Swidler.
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