by Deb, USAF, RET
(Navarre, FL, USA)
I am a 20 year retired vet who was laid off my job in September this year. After 6 weeks and several phone calls, Florida informed me I cannot collect unemployment due to my military retirement and disability pay. They keep telling me I am getting a weekly sum of $699, but they can't fully explain how they come up with this figure. The first phone call they said they’d send me a form, to sign stating there was a mistake (they kept telling me I claimed the $699, which is not true, there is nowhere in the online claim to do so, you simply verify demographics and answer yes/no questions) If I could live off of the RAS/DIS pay I receive, I wouldn't be trying to work, but since I worked at the job I was laid off from for 218 or 19 months, and that employer paid unemployment taxes, how can Florida justify denial? Also, my age and limitations make it difficult to find work, althought I continue to try. I have no idea, how I am going to get groceries, let alone keep up with my other bills. This is the second time since my retirement 2 years ago I find myself unemployed. I was denied unemployment the first time following my USAF retirement because FL said the AF did not pay unemployment, after 5 months nearly lost my house. I am not recovered from that and here I am unemployed again. Can you provide a resource for me?
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