The article focuses on the case "Baker v. General Motors Corp." The Supreme Court ruled that Michigan law that denies unemployment benefits to employees who have "financed" a strike causing their unem...
(Washington State Standard) Workers who are on strike or locked out of their workplace by their employer due to a labor dispute would gain access to unemployment insurance benefits undera bill the Washington state House approvedin the early morning hours Tuesday, after working through the night....
The bill would have let workers who were on strike for at least two weeks receive unemployment checks from the state, which can be as much as $450 per week. Normally, only workers who lost their job through no fault of their own are eligible for those benefits. ...
California May Give Unemployment Benefits to Striking Workers While the Writers Guild and SAG-AFTRA continue to report meaningful progress at the bargaining table with Hollywood studios, California state legislators are pushing legislation that would give unemployment benefits to...
An individual who is too ill to work, who has no means of transportation, or who refuses to accept more than a small amount of work to avoid forfeiting retirement benefits is not regarded as being available for work. Employees who are on strike generally cannot collect unemployment compensation...
benefits. To continue being eligible, he must register regularly with the unemployment office (labor exchange) and must actively look for work on his own. The major reasons for disqualification from benefits are discharge for misconduct, participating in a strike, voluntary termination of employment,...
The union may attempt to reassure employees on this score by telling them they will receive unemployment benefits if they are called out on strike. In some instances this may be true, but a recent case can be used to demonstrate that the promise of benefits may not come true. An Ohio ...
BAILEYVILLE, Maine (AP) — Several dozen union members have qualified for unemployment benefits during a month-old strike against a Down East mill that produces pulp used to manufacture paper, a union official said Friday.
and it would not be in the public interest. And violence is not the only type of misbehavior that prevents UI eligibility in Hawaii. A worker is not eligible for benefits if they are fired for calling in sick when they were actually on vacation or for going out on strike, but a worker...
and it would not be in the public interest. And violence is not the only type of misbehavior that prevents UI eligibility in Hawaii. A worker is not eligible for benefits if they are fired for calling in sick when they were actually on vacation or for going out on strike, but a worker...