Unemployment Eligibility?
I have been a continuously employed county contractor in Maryland for two years. I relocated after accepting a contract-to-hire position for Massachusetts state government. The contract was canceled after I moved. Now I am unemployed.
Am I eligible for unemployment in MD or MA?
4 Responses
michr
25 Oct 2009
hdhayes60
25 Oct 2009
It won’t hurt to file a claim, but chances are that you won’t be eligible for unemployment benefits because you voluntarily left your last job–therefore, you didn’t lose your job through no fault of your own. The way the law is written, it doesn’t matter whether the new job was cancelled. Unemployment laws are quite strict, so you have only a ghost of a chance. Sorry to tell you this, but I wish you luck nonetheless.
Judy
25 Oct 2009
If you were a contractor and not an employee, no you wouldn’t be eligible.
Michael L
25 Oct 2009
you might check with the contract law in those state, or that state the contract was cxl. If permits within the law you;ll be able to sue base on your relocation for/of the contract or the company that you worked or was contracted out. You’ll be able to sue for the contract and relocation fee. But you might want to check with the contract law of that state.
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probably not unless you paid in to the fund in the name of your own business. you were a contractor not an employee there is a reason it is referred to as "unemployment insurance" and not "contractor without work insurance".