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2. My understanding is that if your employer reopens

Thu Apr 30, 2020, 09:48 AM

Apr 2020

and you don't go back to work because you are afraid of getting sick, you are deemed to have quit and are not eligible for unemployment benefits.

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Unemployment question. Say you worked at a GA bowling [View all] Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2020 OP

Great question SheltieLover Apr 2020 #1

Thanks for those articles! This is all such a complicated mess. Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2020 #8

YW! SheltieLover Apr 2020 #11

My understanding is that if your employer reopens The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2020 #2

Guess there's also the complication of reduced workload Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2020 #5

I believe TX was one of the states I read about yesterday, dewsgirl Apr 2020 #3

Yet the business themselves could do the employee a favor Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2020 #6

not a chance rampartc Apr 2020 #9

But I thought that a business has no liability if a former Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2020 #10

The way the CARE Act was written forthemiddle Apr 2020 #4