What, Exactly Are The Reasons For Denial Of Unemployment Benefits?

Instead you'll find generic terms such as with or without good cause.

There is a whole lot of unseen information buried within that term.

You can expect two initial determinations on your unemployment claim. They are the "monetary determination" or how much money you can expect to get every week if the "nonmonetary determination", which tells you if you will get that money.

So let me explain the "reasons for denial of unemployment benefits" as I have come to know them and in the likely chronological order a "reason" may rear it's ugly head.

Monetary Reasons For Being Denied Unemployment Benefits

• This tells you if you didn't work long enough or make enough money in your base period to qualify for benefits. Were you self employed? Possibly a corporate officer? Did your employer fail to pay unemployment taxes on your earnings because he thinks you are an independent contractor?

The Nonmonetary Reasons For Denial of Unemployment Benefits

Merit determination or the reasons for the separation from your job and Eligibility determinations.

I'm just going to list these because the rest of Unemployment-tips.com is about overcoming this determination.

These almost always carry a disqualification which must be served, purged, or lifted.

• Your employer was found to have good cause to fire, discharge or terminate your employment for misconduct.


• You were found to not have good cause to quit your job.


• You refused what was determined to be suitable work. (We must be able and available for suitable work to collect)


• You were not able or available. Were you limiting your availability for suitable work or you unable to work. This is an eligibility condition.

More Reasons For Denial Of Unemployment Benefits

The reasons for denial stated above are the "basic reasons". There's more issues .. which is the word that is commonly used in place of the word "reasons" such as, Timeliness of continued claim or appeal, Misrepresentation of material facts, Non-appearance, the list could go on.

Issues are just general topics.

It takes preparation and it takes a correct and viable focus based on statute to win an unemployment hearing because everyone has unique details under these topical issues.

Getting unemployment is a legal process.

And one that we are generally oblivious to. Trusting your fate to what you think or have been led to believe should be good cause for getting unemployment is irresponsible.

Winning at least requires an effort to win an unemployment hearing if you have received a denial of unemployment benefits.

You play the game according to the rules .. or you probably won't win.

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