laborlaw
05-23-2005, 09:38 AM
• YOUR EMPLOYER
is registered with the Department of Revenue as a liable employer under the Florida Unemployment Compensation Law and you, as employees, are covered by unemployment insurance. Unemployment taxes are paid by the employer and, by law cannot be deducted from the employees’ wages.
• You may be eligible to receive unemployment compensation benefits if you meet the following requirements:
1. You may be totally or partially unemployed through no fault of your own.
2. You must register for work and file a claim.
3. You must have sufficient employment and wages.
4. You must be ABLE to work and AVAILABLE for work.
• You may file a claim for partial unemployment for any week you work less than full time work due to lack of work if your wages during that week are less than your weekly benefit amount.
• You must report all earnings while claiming benefits. Failure to do so is a third degree felony with a maximum penalty of 5 years imprisonment and a $5,000 fine.
• Any claimant who was discharged for misconduct connected with work may be disqualified from 1 to 52 weeks and until the claimant becomes reemployed and has earned at least 17 times the weekly benefit amount.
• Any claimant who voluntarily quits his job without good cause attributable to his employer may be disqualified until the claimant becomes reemployed and has earned at least 17 times the weekly benefit amount.
is registered with the Department of Revenue as a liable employer under the Florida Unemployment Compensation Law and you, as employees, are covered by unemployment insurance. Unemployment taxes are paid by the employer and, by law cannot be deducted from the employees’ wages.
• You may be eligible to receive unemployment compensation benefits if you meet the following requirements:
1. You may be totally or partially unemployed through no fault of your own.
2. You must register for work and file a claim.
3. You must have sufficient employment and wages.
4. You must be ABLE to work and AVAILABLE for work.
• You may file a claim for partial unemployment for any week you work less than full time work due to lack of work if your wages during that week are less than your weekly benefit amount.
• You must report all earnings while claiming benefits. Failure to do so is a third degree felony with a maximum penalty of 5 years imprisonment and a $5,000 fine.
• Any claimant who was discharged for misconduct connected with work may be disqualified from 1 to 52 weeks and until the claimant becomes reemployed and has earned at least 17 times the weekly benefit amount.
• Any claimant who voluntarily quits his job without good cause attributable to his employer may be disqualified until the claimant becomes reemployed and has earned at least 17 times the weekly benefit amount.
