If my employer wants to hire me back with less money/hours, will I lose unemployment ifI don’t accept it?
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If my employer wants to hire me back with less money/hours, will I lose unemployment ifI don’t accept it?
I was terminated. I have been collecting unemployment for 6 months. My old boss who let me go and does not like me sent me aletter offering me my job back. He was very abusive towards me. He tried to fight my unemployment and I know it bothered him that I got it. Why would he offer me my job back when he knows I will not take it? Is it because it can stop me from getting my unemployment? What if he offers me less money and less hours? Can I still get unemployment?
Asked on August 3, 2011 Ohio
Answers:
M.T.G., Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
Itcertainly does sound like you are being set up. You are not wholly with out rights here and if you think that your employer is only offering you a job to help terminate your benefits then you may not have to take it. You should, though, hear him out and see what he is offering, then let him know you will get back to him. Then I would go down to unemployment and speak with them about a "hypothetical" situation. You have heard from some friends at your job that the boss may offer you a position to set you up with less, hours and less pay, etc. That the employment conditions were abusive. What should you do if this happens. If the time and pay is less you still may receive unemployment benefits. Good luck.
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