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Author Topic: UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS FOR PART-TIME FACULTY: The Right to Unemployment Benefits  (Read 14566 times)
rustymuscle
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« Reply #15 on: August 12, 2011, 05:48:45 PM »

An adjunct can collect unemployment even if they are teaching one class?
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veleda
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« Reply #16 on: August 13, 2011, 06:19:06 PM »

Rustymuscle, I was receiving  full unemployment during the spring/summer break. In MA, we are allowed to work a part-time job and keep a certain amount (I think it's 1/3, maybe?) before it effects our benefit. So that's how I end up receiving a minuscule amount every week. Now that classes are over, this week I'll go back to claiming my full benefit, and see what happens. I'm sure there will be a glitch, but I'm just grateful I get even a little something. It helps.   

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mickeymantle
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« Reply #17 on: August 15, 2011, 06:49:46 PM »


Similar to a previous poster's situation, my cc now requires its adjuncts to sign a letter stating that they have a "reasonable assurance" of being re-employed in the fall.  I sense that the overall state administration has been getting tough about such situations (i.e., no "unnecessary" payments of unemployment benefits.)
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spinnaker
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« Reply #18 on: August 15, 2011, 07:23:50 PM »


Similar to a previous poster's situation, my cc now requires its adjuncts to sign a letter stating that they have a "reasonable assurance" of being re-employed in the fall.  I sense that the overall state administration has been getting tough about such situations (i.e., no "unnecessary" payments of unemployment benefits.)

I would hope (and expect) that this is meaningless legally. The employee is in no position to know what the employer intends to do after the contract has expired.
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mickeymantle
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« Reply #19 on: August 18, 2011, 08:14:08 AM »


The language comes straight from the state's labor laws.  As long as the employer gives "reasonable assurance" of continued employment, the employee cannot file for unemployment benefits until that assurance is definitely removed.
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spinnaker
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« Reply #20 on: August 18, 2011, 08:34:33 AM »


The language comes straight from the state's labor laws.  As long as the employer gives "reasonable assurance" of continued employment, the employee cannot file for unemployment benefits until that assurance is definitely removed.

What happens if the fall comes around and they don't offer you a contract?
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caesura
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« Reply #21 on: August 18, 2011, 02:42:17 PM »


The language comes straight from the state's labor laws.  As long as the employer gives "reasonable assurance" of continued employment, the employee cannot file for unemployment benefits until that assurance is definitely removed.

What happens if the fall comes around and they don't offer you a contract?

You could apply for unemployment then.  It might even be retroactive to the end of the last semester, depending on your state.
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pedanterast
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« Reply #22 on: August 28, 2011, 12:42:44 PM »

Excuse me for shouting, but we've been covering this for years:  IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE PARTICULAR STATE!  Now go read your particular state's unemployment act.
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