[GCFL-discuss] lance

[Discussion of the Good, Clean Funnies List]

Sorry to hear that Siarlys. Thank you for the words of encouragement. I sure
can use them.
~Lance

On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 10:18 AM, Discussion of the Good, Clean Funnies List
<gcfl-discuss at gcfl.net> wrote:

> That was a surprise Lance. I've been out of work since July 19, haven't
> collected unemployment (it was a single incident, but they did have
> cause), don't have a family to support, did get work on the pumpkin farm
> in October, and had some freelance writing irons in the fire that may
> keep me going past the end of the year. Not sure what all this does to my
> taxes, since I should be in a lower bracket than expected, but freelance
> is taxed for 13.5% social security, and no withholding.
>
> Sounds to me like someone at your employer meant to present your
> termination in a way that would routinely inspire the state to give you
> unemployment (got laid off, no cause specified), but someone else didn't
> know that and equally routinely specified whatever "cause" they thought
> they had. If the decision is negative, always appeal. A friend of mine
> was told she hadn't worked long enough at her job to qualify for FMLA,
> therefore she wasn't even on the payroll after taking time off to have a
> baby. The state unemployment examiner said, not under the federal FMLA,
> but under the state FMLA you did, so they fired you without cause, and
> she got unemployment.
>
> Hopefully you'll find something else soon, but there sure are a lot of
> people looking.
>
> Siarlys
> ____________________________________________________________
> One Up the Competition
> Earn your MBA from Post University. Free textbooks for new students!
>
> http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/c?cp=gAnk5v9ozxt_EvrerZgvMQAAJ1BHq-n90fbwxV_Gpa0vlNrMAAQAAAAFAAAAAPYo7D4AAAMlAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABIhWQAAAAA=
> _______________________________________________
> GCFL-discuss mailing list
> GCFL-discuss at gcfl.net
> http://gcfl.net/mailman/listinfo/gcfl-discuss
>



-- 
No animals were harmed in the sending of this message.
However, a few million electrons were extremely inconvenienced...
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://gcfl.net/pipermail/gcfl-discuss/attachments/20091111/297caad5/attachment.html>