Do you consider unemployment benefits welfare?

I think you are in the clear, from my understanding and this may have been said already. But you can only get the benefits for about 12 months or so. So its not welfare.

 

Its definitely not welfare. It is a program designed to help a worker while they try to find a new job. Some people can't afford to go without income for very long, and this helps them to do so.

BTW, in Louisiana, my wife tells me that you can apply for unemployment regardless of whether you were fired or resigned. All companies pay into the unemployment fund. Not to be confused with Workers' Comp, where companies can and do protest people claiming false injury.

 

In Florida you can protest a unemployment benefit claim, I have been in these hearings with employees of mine I have let go. The Employee usually wins in florida, go figure.

 

You see? There's that Democrat thing raising it's ugly head again.

 

More bs, florida has been a republican state for a while now, despite the fact that people think its liberal here.

If you recall its the state where they gave George Bush the presidency after the bogus recount and Supreme Court decision.

 

You cannot fix the damage done overnight.

 

Exactly live here for a while and you would get sick of the republicans too.

 

i dont see much of a difference between welfare and unemployment.

lazy bums cant qualify for welfare and there are similar limits on how long one can get welfare. the only exceptions i believe are money for children.

both of these govt programs are intended to help people for a short time.

you should have no dilemma filing for unemployment.

 

then the laws have changed in the past several years. i worked in employment security at the state level and when i was there, the employer could protest. i saw it happen and the employer win. when i was there, it seemed to be a balance that was pretty logical on who won. so if thats not the case any more, its a big change in the law.

 

I don't disagree that the employer could challenge the right to draw unemployment (possible term for testing positive, etc.). I just wanted to get it out there that you could leave on your own or get canned, and still have the legal right to file for unemployment in either situation. I think this goes to LA being a hire/fire at-will state.