I had a kind of similar situation with unemployment. I was laid off from my full time job, then got on unemployment and a few months later found a part time job that I ended up not liking. I actually called the unemployment office and asked if I could quit this job and find another part time job and still get unemployment. I was told that as long as I had a job I coukd continue to get the unemployment. I even worked both jobs for a tad of over lap before I quit the one I didn't like. 15 months went by and I would regularly go in for those unemployment routine checkups or whatever you want to call them. No one ever said anything about me quitting the one job and starting the other. The all of a sudden I got a phone call from the unemployment office and they were looking into my stuff and told me since I quit the first part time job that negated the money I was getting from being laid off from my full time job and so for 15 months I was apparently getting money I wasn't supposed to get. I appealed twice didn't help, I talked to 12 lawyers and none of them would help me, basically said I'd be wasting my money to go up against unemployment. Even though they had giveno me wrong information from the get go and it took someone over a year to catch it. Bottom line I owe then $28,000 in back pay...yes you read that right. Which I can't afford in any way shape or format so they have been taking my state tax return away from me for the past 4 years and when I find a job that makes money they will garnish my wages til they get paid back. I laughed cuz I'll probably be dead before they see all their money. But yeah, unemployment doesn't explain their selves very well and some how expects you to know all the sneaky twists and turns and then when you don't they screw you over big time.

that is so awful totally can relate.My former employer only would put me to work when somehow he got wind i applied for unemployment. He would work me that one week, then nothing for 2 to 3 months. Then again when i appealed it, he would put me to work.Snake indeed. I never knew that, and if you dont' work nothing is saved up to collect on .

I just got hired at Cracker Barrel, LOL! 9.00 an hour and benefits after 30 days! Not the 50-60k I was making, but it's work!

sorry about your situation, but understand that it is not up to the employers to decide if you get benefits. employers provide details regarding your separation. after that it is up to the State to determine your eligibility. you could have still claimed weeks but not collected. that keeps your claim active. you would become ineligible due to not searching for work and you would have remained inelgible until you started searching for work again. but your claim would have remained open and once you started searching and meeting the qualifications again, you would have started receiving.

When relocating from one state to another, if still unemployed and available for work; go to the new office and file an interstate claim. The two states will coordinate your claim, etc. Since your original claim has expired, inquire about Extended Benefits. It will be based on your previous CA earnings, etc. When the rate of unemployment is high enough, EB is made available. Following that is Federal Benefits. And, if you find part time work, continue claiming as the state allows a certain amount of earnings before docking your unemployment check. And, if you find temporary work - with earnings exceeding your claim, keep claiming weeks. The problem arises when you quit claiming weeks. Hope this helps.

Someone posted that you had to be a resident of CA, if you relocated out of state, would not be eligible for unemployment benefits. Unless the law has changed since my employment with MO Job Service, this is not the case. You filed in CA, had you gone to the AR office, you could have filed an interstate claim. One possibility may be - if the rate of unemployment is high enough, when your initial claim period ends (1 year); you could file for Extended Benefits. EB usually lasts half the amount of weeks of your original claim. After EB is exhausted, another type may be available - again based on the level of unemployment, is Federal Benefits. Hope this helps.

Might sound indifferent, but have you tried going to a Temp hiring agency? I suggest trying one and getting your employment gap filled.

They have law in place for benefit. Its your job to keep collecting until you can't. Otherwise you are forfeiting, telling them you no longer need it anymore. Unemployment is unemployment, not a retirement check that will sit and wait there for you.

Hi Hallie, You could have collected CA unemployment if you moved to another state. Once you arrived, you would register within the new state for the state job search and let CA unemployment know of your move. They would take into consideration the time it took to move and deduct the days you were unable to look for work while moving to the new state. CA would send your checks/credit card and job search report sheet to you at the new address outside of CA. You earned the unemployment in CA, therefore you are eligible to receive payment even if you live in a new state. There is only one file per year. FYI, I worked as a temp in a part time job to slow down the time unemployment would run out in 6 months. I prolonged the payments for 9 months instead of running out in 6 mo. due to not having to dip in the max amount each week because I earned wages. If I didn't earn the max amount for that week, unemployment would pay me the difference. I hope this helps you if you are laid off again like I was a few times in CA.

Thats too bad, but you need to be job hunting to collect unemployment. I think you should have tried to collect while you moved & looked for work at your new location.You can't just stop & start again a year later. You should have contacted them long ago