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SoCalDem

(103,856 posts) Mon Apr 20, 2020, 07:05 PM Apr 2020

A dilemma ahead for too many people [View all]

Your boss calls you and says, we're back in business. Show up for work .

You live in a state that was not particularly efficient about setting boundaries or speedy at sending people into lockdown.

What do you do?

Schools are not going to reopen. Your daycare options may be limited.

If you are no show, and it's legal for the business to operate, you may be fired. If you are fired for cause (refusing to show up for work), you are not entitled to unemployment payments.

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A dilemma ahead for too many people [View all] SoCalDem Apr 2020 OP

You say "dilemma", I say "catastrophe": let's call the whole thing off... abqtommy Apr 2020 #1

If I were a doctor right now... morillon Apr 2020 #2

I'd go - can not afford not to get UI, or not work. jmg257 Apr 2020 #3

one thing about covid-19 is the amount of lawsuits coming over this exact thing. Pillow talk Apr 2020 #4

For some reason that is not comforting jimfields33 Apr 2020 #7

It is a decision people should not have to make. Ferrets are Cool Apr 2020 #5

Call your boss and tell him you're feeling a little better (the day before you're to show up) NightWatcher Apr 2020 #6

This is why lawyers are gonna make a killing (nt) matt819 Apr 2020 #8

You do the right thing lunatica Apr 2020 #9

Hyperbole doesn't help Boomer Apr 2020 #12

The Bubonic Plague didn't kill everyone either lunatica Apr 2020 #13

It's tough dilemma. But people have had to make decision - grocery stores, healthcare, truck drivers Hoyt Apr 2020 #10

Even if you're not fired, if you're employer says "you can come to work if you want to"... thesquanderer Apr 2020 #11

I go The Mouth Apr 2020 #14

At least in Nevada the state has ruled that you are eligible for unemployment insurance if you totodeinhere Apr 2020 #15