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by Lisa
(Mentor, Ohio)

I recently received a request for relief of charges in my correspondence. I have been approved for benefits and have been receiving them for 5 weeks now. A temporary agency i worked for is filing this "relief" probably because i quit work there for a permanent position. This position proved not to be so and after a few months, i was laid off. Is this appeal going to affect my benefits?

Hi Lisa,

That all it asked for .. a relief of charges?

It sounds more like a protest or appeal .. maybe along the lines of ...

"The claimant voluntary quit and we the employer request that a redetermination be issued denying benefits or that our account be relieved of charges"

If I were you .. I'd start preparing for the hearing notice you will probably receive with the issues listed to determine whether you quit work with or without good cause and probably an issue that asks whether any benefits paid should be "mutualized" .. at least that's the term Ohio uses to transfer the charges for benefits to the "general fund" instead of a specific employer's account.

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Apr 02, 2010
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relief of charges
by: Anonymous

Will a relief of charges from a base period employer affect my benefits?

Hi,

What I'm trying to tell you is that when an employer request relief of charges it is pretty much standard operating procedure .. especially for third party administrators which handle unemployment matters for employers.

There are very few reasons that an employer will be granted relief of charges.

It usually only happens when there is a provision in the statutes that allow for benefits for a claimants personal reason for quitting.

If they are allowed relief it wouldn't effect whether you get benefits or not .. it only effect the employer and if they are charged for your benefits.

Which they will probably be charged for if you refused an assignment .. therefore they will have to take the issue of the quitting to a hearing to get relief .. which means they could win at hearing.

This will effect your benefits because they will be stopped and the next thing you know .. you will receive and overpayment determination asking for the money back.

Apr 23, 2010
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thanks
by: techno

thank you Anonymous for clearing that up i am sure alot of people have the same question like i did

Sorry techno, I forgot to sign my name.

It's Chris

I do pretty much all the answering around here.

May 28, 2010
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relief of charges part 2
by: Anonymous

I don't understand how a base only period employer has the right to appeal a determination of benefits based on the last employer who is not in the base period? Please explain. I thought a base only employer has no rights to appeal in the state of ohio?

Hi,

What? You thought a base period employer has no rights to appeal??

Please clarify what you want to know .. your question makes no sense, but I'll take stab at it anyway.

It sounds like you're asking if a base period employer can appeal your separation from a different employer .. they can't. They can only appeal your separation from them.

Of course employers have other kinds of appeals too that claimants do not need to be all that concerned with and really don't have anything to do with the separation except for the fact that benefits paid for a few types of separations are allowed to be "non-charged" to their account per statutes. Ohio call this "mutualization" which means instead of the employer being charged the cost of your benefits is moved to the "general fund" and basically keeps the employer's unemployment tax rate down.

When a state makes a mistake on an employer's tax account .. and they do .. or if the state makes them "request relief of charges" then a hearing might result if the charges don't come off.

Quite frankly, this is the type of question that would be a lot easier to answer if I could see the paperwork you received .. or if you had told me what the appeal stated.

Apr 17, 2011
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relief of charges
by: Anonymous

I recently received a request for relief of charges in my correspondence. I have been approved for benefits and have been receiving them for 6 weeks now. A company i worked for is filing this "relief" probably because they terminated me for violation of policy. Then i worked for another company for 6 months and got laid off. But the company they are charging i worked for 4 years. I thought maybe they should be charging the 1 i was laid off from but i don't know just really confused. Is this appeal going to affect my benefits ?

Hi,

I'm assuming you are in PA .. right?

A request for relief of charges is pretty standard in PA .. It's not the same as requesting an appeal hearing though to argue the merits of whether you should be allowed benefits.

It's pertains to the employer ..

All states have "non-charging" provisions. .. Let's say you quit due to health reasons .. depending on the state and the cause of the health issue .. it is possible for benefits to be a win/win situation.

You get them .. and the employer's SUTA isn't charged for the benefits through the hiking of their unemployment tax rate.

You don't need to worry about the request for relief of charges.

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