If I sign a final warning letter regarding my performance at work, and then lose my job, will having signed the letter make me ineligible for unemployment?
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If I sign a final warning letter regarding my performance at work, and then lose my job, will having signed the letter make me ineligible for unemployment?
Asked on June 23, 2015 under Employment Labor Law, Illinois
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 8 years ago | Contributor
The issue is why you were fired. If you were fired "for cause" (e.g. for insubordination; for violating company policy or ignoring a supervisor's instructions; for theft or other criminal act; for excessive absenteeism; etc.)--in other words, for something other than simply not working out in the role/job, or not for economic or strategic reasons (e.g. restructuring; downsizing)--then you are not entitled to unemployment compensation. The sort of letter you describe does not automatically make you ineligible, but can serve (depending on what exactly it says) as evidence that you were in fact fired for cause.
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