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But what does it mean to file "against one's employer"? Does that mean you are fighting your employer to get recognized you are eligible for unemployment benefits?

That's exactly what it means, although in this case, they chose not to fight. Surprised me.

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Obviously a major philosophical shift is underway, because of this: http://chronicle.com/forums/index.php/topic,69599.0.html

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As of 2009 reports, about 1 in 4 people applying for unemployment benefits have the claim contested by the employer.  Some firms hire consultants who specialize in fighting employee claims, but I don't think that practice has extended to academia yet.

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But what does it mean to file "against one's employer"? Does that mean you are fighting your employer to get recognized you are eligible for unemployment benefits?

But what does it mean to file "against one's employer"? Does that mean you are fighting your employer to get recognized you are eligible for unemployment benefits?

That's exactly what it means, although in this case, they chose not to fight. Surprised me.

Frankly, I understood "against" to mean simply "in relation to" (cf. "against the day" to mean "in preparation for"), and was just shocked because I had never heard that usage any of the other times, in other states, where I've applied for UI, so naturally some of the adversarial overtones reminded me of my earlier experience.  But maybe I'm wrong, and it really does mean one is engaged in a fight....  Is this idiom standard now?