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?

  • trynn
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    41 year ago

    Check the unemployment laws in your state. Where I live, “performance issues” isn’t a valid termination reason for denying unemployment, although filing an appeal letter to a judge is necessary to ensure you can collect unemployment in those cases. Each state is going to have different rules though.