by Nina
(Az)
After being unemployed for serveral months I was hired in 09/08 by a staffing agency and was laid off on Thanksgiving of 2008. I then applied for unemployment benefits in AZ and was approved. I received unemployment benefits until 06/09. In 08/09 I received a letter stating the staffing agency is denying my unemployment benefits because I signed a contract and broke company policy and was considered a voluntary quit. Among the dozen of papers I signed when I was hired, it stated I was to call within 24 hours for the next 7 days to be assisgned another job. I admit I did sign the papers and did not fully read them. When I looked at the copy of the papers given to me I had to get a magnifying glass to read the small, blurry policy. So the judge ruled in the staffing agency favor due to negligence on my part. I am appealing it and feel it should be negligence on both parties and should not have to pay back the entire amount paid! Because a policy affecting reasons for termination of employment is serious and should have been explained when hired or when I was laid off. Also, because the staffing agency did not respond to approve or deny the request for unemployment benefits from the state of Az until 8 months after I applied for benefits and had already received 6 months of payments. Do I have
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