Hello /c/adulting
Location: Overland Park, KS, United States
My wife was fired recently without warning. She has filed for unemployment and had an initial interview with the unemployment office today. They claim that her former employer told them that she was “not doing her job” but I have never heard anything from her regarding performance issues. They also claimed that they “talked to her about her performance” and she claims that they never made any attempt to correct her performance and was unaware that they were unhappy with her.
What does this mean for her eligibility for unemployment? Is there any recourse?
I run a business in CA so I’m not sure how different the UI laws are there, but that’s not a valid reason to deny UI benefits here. I fired someone for having a pattern of sitting on their phone and not working but the unemployment office told me the exemployee is still qualified for unemployment. At least CA you have to do something malicious to be denied unemployment.