Voluntary Furlough?

[flywest]

Actually, EMPLOYERS pay for unemployment, not tax payers. Each employer must pay an "unemployment insurance premium" to the state. It's set up just like a typical insurance policy - all the money goes into a pot, and doled out by the managing agency (the state governments). Each year, the amount the employer pays is based on how many claims they had against them in the preceding year.

In my state, employers can make the employees pay a share of that premium - typically 25% or so. It is up to the employer if they want to dock the employee's check or not.

 

[colorado]

I hope not.

I can't imagine a person taking a VOLUNTARY furlough and then trying to get unemployment.

Why should the rest of the taxpayers work hard and support a person who is too lazy to work?

You obviously don't know that taxpayers don't pay unemployment, corporations do... I've been furloughed and I received a unemployment check. I don't see anything wrong with it, especially if you have a family. I framed mine. I use it as a reminder that leaving aviation was the best thing for me and my family. Good luck to everyone having to go through that, it sucks.

 

[XJohXJ]

I hope not.

I can't imagine a person taking a VOLUNTARY furlough and then trying to get unemployment.

Why should the rest of the taxpayers work hard and support a person who is too lazy to work?

Sorry, but you seem to misunderstand how UEI works. Taxes have no relationship at all to unemployment. Unemployment benefits are part of the compensation package of every single employee, paid for by their employer, and no one else. Your potential or actual UEI is yours and yours alone. Think of it as part of YOUR pay. Your pay is what it is because your employer also considers all of the benefits you receive, one of which is UEI, when setting your pay rate. You have already earned any UEI you might receive. When someone takes unemployment, it has nothing to do with anyone else, least of all the US Taxpayer. Now, it is still the employee's job to follow the rules and laws.

Whether or not voluntary furloughees receive UEI benefits is a decision made by your employer and your state. Check with your company to see what their policy states. Also see which state's system they pay into for you (your base vs. your home), that is the state you would need to contact to see if you're eligible. If they agree you are, then you are, and you should have no qualms about claiming it, as it is a prepaid benefit you have already earned through your labor.

 

[Speedtape]

What is the benefit of taking a voluntary furlough? Looks like CJC is offering a bidding period for it.

Shy

Ask this question. "When I return, will I get paid while I go through training for requalification?"