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forthemiddle

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4. The way the CARE Act was written

Reply to Laura PourMeADrink (Original post)

Thu Apr 30, 2020, 10:06 AM

Apr 2020

If you have to stay home because you have Covid19, or you are caring for someone with Covid19 you are eligible for unemployment even if your workplace is open.

If however you choose not to work, you are not eligible.

I believe there are exceptions which you can appeal on a case by case basis, maybe a doctor’s excuse because you are high risk, but I’m not 100% clear on that. I imagine you would can’t do that online though, you would have to work with a caseworker.

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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

UI is pretty basic. Under normal circumstance, if you are able to work, and are offered jmg257 Apr 2020 #7