What is the name of your state? CA
I was let go by my employer about a week ago. They have had several rounds of layoffs for financial reasons, and they said mine was the same - that the position was being eliminated and one of the owners would be taking on my workload. Since then, they have called me up and asked if I would come into work two days a week and train one of the owners and a new employee who they tell me is temporary (they say they don't know how to fulfill my job duties, although I don't totally believe that - before I was let go I wrote up clear instructions on what I did and walked the owner through everything). Previously I was paid on a salary as a full time employee, and they have asked me to come in as an outside consultant, and told me I would not be put back on payroll. Since then, someone else has been hired (they have told me it is temporary) to figure out my duties and assist in teaching the owner. However, the woman who was hired has limited technical skills and knows less than the owner about what I was doing. So I have three questions. 1. If I do go in for a few weeks and teach the owner and 'temporary' employee my duties, will it affect my unemployment benefits, and how so? (I am not at liberty to say what benefits I qualified for, but they are significant). 2. Was I fired illegally? Do I have any legal recourse? 3. I have been a part time student in the last fall semester and I am still a part time student for the spring semester - will this effect my unemployment benefits? Do I have to say I started attending school, even though I was already attending?
I was let go by my employer about a week ago. They have had several rounds of layoffs for financial reasons, and they said mine was the same - that the position was being eliminated and one of the owners would be taking on my workload. Since then, they have called me up and asked if I would come into work two days a week and train one of the owners and a new employee who they tell me is temporary (they say they don't know how to fulfill my job duties, although I don't totally believe that - before I was let go I wrote up clear instructions on what I did and walked the owner through everything). Previously I was paid on a salary as a full time employee, and they have asked me to come in as an outside consultant, and told me I would not be put back on payroll. Since then, someone else has been hired (they have told me it is temporary) to figure out my duties and assist in teaching the owner. However, the woman who was hired has limited technical skills and knows less than the owner about what I was doing. So I have three questions. 1. If I do go in for a few weeks and teach the owner and 'temporary' employee my duties, will it affect my unemployment benefits, and how so? (I am not at liberty to say what benefits I qualified for, but they are significant). 2. Was I fired illegally? Do I have any legal recourse? 3. I have been a part time student in the last fall semester and I am still a part time student for the spring semester - will this effect my unemployment benefits? Do I have to say I started attending school, even though I was already attending?