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My name is Chris. I knew I should remain anonymous when I began writing for Unemployment Tips five years ago for no other reason than I knew the score when it came to being an at will employee that was financially dependent on at will employment.

As an employee, I coordinated unemployment appeals for a living and if my experience taught me anything, it's that I now know there are two sides to every unemployment story.

When I was laid off from my job, I suddenly felt free to follow what my heart told me to do and it told me the vast majority of unemployed people in this country could use some real help understanding that unemployment benefits is a very legalistic process.

They weren't confused about information they needed at hand when applying for unemployment.

They were confused as to how to tell their side of the story that led to them becoming unemployed.

This led to them being denied unemployment often.

Then, if they actually did write an unemployment appeal letter it often served only to deny them again when they got to the unemployment hearing.

They betrayed themselves in the retelling of their story when they should have known unemployment appeal letters are requests for a hearing to be scheduled because they disagreed with the initial finding of the claims department.

At this first unemployment appeal hearing they were still stuck in story mode when they should have transitioned to knowing what their legal argument should be and completely focused on the unemployment laws of their specific state.

Getting unemployment compensation from any state is a completely legalistic process.

The benevolent application process is the trap that catches even responsible hard working people thinking that just telling their story means it will be believed.

This isn't how unemployment benefits are intended to work. They are suppose to work like the law says and the law wants proof your story is true.

Not knowing what the law requires of you to make a valid legal argument is just one of hidden pitfall built into an unemployment system that is intended to keep you from getting unemployment benefits.

It's your very ignorance of the law that makes you susceptible. And I ask .. do you see any state unemployment advocacy programs anywhere except in Michigan?

We're all potential victims of losing our job through no fault of our own when we're an employee. But inadequate resources for us to learn how getting unemployment benefits really works .. leave most like a fish out water gasping to breathe in a foreign environment.

And, we have a built in adversary in our former employer that has something to lose if you get unemployment benefits. Trust me, they have working strategies to sabotage your claim for benefits long before your job ever ends and breathing apparatus for unemployment hearings when they can't.

Their stake when it comes to denying benefits is potentially, the exact amount of money you could receive over the typical 26 weeks of regular unemployment benefits are paid. And I leave to your imagination how much more you have to lose when you factor in extension benefits.

Your employer pays the taxes that funds your unemployment benefits.

How To Win An Unemployment Appeal Hearing For Getting Unemployment Benefits: The Truth Must Be With You

And the law feeds on your ability to prove your story so you can start getting unemployment benefits .. or the worst possible scenario, you don't win and have to repay what you received.

• Do you know where you are in the appeal process and what's required at each escalating unemployment appeal level?
• Will you be able to detach yourself from your very personal experience and argue the facts to the law and in a fashion that compels the hearing officer to legally find in your favor at the first unemployment appeal hearing?
• Will you be able to cross examine your old employer with questions designed to expose the weakness in their case and discredit their testimony, especially when they just made you sound like the worst employee they ever had?
• Will you know how to answer the questions of the employer's hearing rep .. when they cross examine you?
• Do you know which documents to submit that will help to prove your legal points?
• Do you know why the law says you should collect unemployment?
• Do you know what a burden of proof has to do with how you need to prepare for your hearing?

It's the first level unemployment appeal hearing where the battle for getting unemployment benefits or denying benefits takes place. Each appeal from this level get more difficult more iffy and definitely, more legally complicated.

Why You Need Unemployment Appeal Help For Keeping or Getting Unemployment Benefits

I've seen claims that my old employer handles 30 percent of all unemployment claims in this country. I have no trouble believing this.

My job was contracting hearing reps for clients .. which were employers of all kinds .. both small and huge corporations. And my old employer is just one of many third parties handling unemployment claims for employers.

Although the value they offer with unemployment tax is valid, my opinion is that my former employer was/is also an abuser of the loopholes left my many states in the appeal process.

The end result is not just delaying a persons benefits, but often resulting in putting an undue burden of an unemployed person having to repay benefits. It is of no consequence to my opinion that some of these people didn't deserve benefits when through responsible action by the employer and the company handling their claims the whole scenario of recouping benefits from the unemployed could have been avoided.

Getting unemployment benefits is no longer played on a level playing field, nor a moral field.

My problem and reason for this site, is those legally deserving, but becoming the collateral damage not getting unemployment benefits.

Click here for well over three thousand FAQ's about getting unemployment benefits. Many of the stories prove the point made above.

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How the Unemployment Claims Process Works

How Unemployment Appeals Work

About The Burden of Proof and How It Relates To Getting Unemployment Benefits

• Can you collect unemployment when you quit a job?
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• Can you get unemployment when you're fired?

It must be legally determined that you lost your job through no fault of your own.

However, there are various unemployment rules and reasons for getting unemployment benefits or being denied.

And even unemployment claimants have to worry about eligibility outside the scope of losing their. Such as, when collecting unemployment while attending school.

The Rules For Collecting Unemployment Benefits

More About Getting Unemployment

Need a Sample Letter Of Appeal To Office Of Unemployment?

Interactive Discussions About Unemployment Benefits

Being Fired And Unemployment Benefits Will you be able to rebut the employer burden of proof?

Can I Receive Social Security AND Unemployment This is just one question. There are a number of outside influences that can effect benefits .. even when the state says you've been approved to receive a weekly benefit amount.

Do I Need An Unemployment Lawyer for An Appeal?

However, I also know why it's almost impossible to find an unemployment lawyer

No money .. no unemployment lawyer?

Federal Labor Laws That Protect All Employees

However, not enough employees use these rights and protections when it most counts .. while they still have a job.

This alone can impact whether you will get unemployment benefits especially when you quit a job.

Where To Find Federal Labor Laws

Protecting Yourself As An Employee

How Do We Survive Being Unemployed

Just the threat of having to survive dire straits can be the food for an inspiration to give you the courage to direct your life with a purpose and intent. Sign up for Unemployment Times.

When the going gets tough .. the tough get going ... an occasional contest won't hurt your progress :)

Chris

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