Can I collect unemployment as a part-time faculty member?
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Can I collect unemployment as a part-time faculty member?
I have taught the last 2 years part-time. Classes ended last month and I was scheduled to teach starting this month. Class did not get enough students and was cancelled. Fall classes start in over 2 months. Can I collect? I was told by an unemployment representative that I could not since I was scheduled for classes in fall. I am still out of work and unemployed.
Asked on June 14, 2012 under Employment Labor Law, Arizona
Answers:
Anne Brady / Law Office of Anne Brady
Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
That probably depends on what types of jobs you are applying for. If you are applying only for temporary summer jobs, then you are committed to returning to the teaching job in the fall (just like any other teacher who has the summer off) and you are not unemployed. If you are looking for and would accept a permanent, fulltime position with another employer and if you are applying for those sorts of jobs, then I think you have a valid argument that the partime job in the fall is just a fallback if you don't find something better. If so, I would apply for unemployment.
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