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I resigned from my job because I was on written notice, and saw no way of remeining with the company. I was verbally harassed, prevented from doing my assigned task due to other crisis situations. I am now trying to file unemployment. The only reason I was denied employment is because I did not go to discuss my problems with higher level managers. I had meetings with HR, my manager, and his manager.
Optional Information: State/Country relating to question: Missouri Already Tried: I filed for unemployment. Reasons, irreconcilable differences, no possibility of retaining my job. The state of Missouri replied that I am being denied because I have not gone enough levels of management with my complaints. I have gone to HR, my manager, and my manager's manager.
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Can you please tell me what your legal question is? Is it about how to appeal your unemployment denial?
I'll look forward to hearing from you,
Jane Doe Deer
Does my reapon for umemployment sound reasonable ? How do I know how many levels of management to inform ? Is this the only things I have to discuss in the appeal hearing in order to win ?
People are often turned down for unemployment. It sounds to me that if you went through three levels of management, that should be plenty.
When you appeal, make sure that you submit every bit of evidence you have, even if it sounds only slightly helpful/relevant to your position. If the company has a written policy, note that, and explain how you followed the policy. If the company has no written policy, note that instead, but explain how you took all those steps, regardless.
If you think you can prove you were treated differently because of your gender, disability, race, etc., let me know and I'll send you back some information about filing a discrimination complaint.Also, sometimes people obtain attorneys to help with unemployment appeals. It's not needed - I just wanted to mention this.May I be of any further help? I'm standing by.
My best,
Jane
I have received the documents from the state of Missouri appeal. These include original reasons for the request for Unemployment Benefits, and reasons why I am appealing. The reason I was originally denied is because I did not go enough levels of management. Should this be the initial argument that I should approach in the hearing? Should I divulge any more information ?
Yes. You can argue that the initial examiner failed to properly consider all the evidence you provided.
Provide all the evidence you can to the hearings officer (usually an attorney, but not always). If there are bad things, you should provide that too, and explain it. If you don't, your former employer will.
You said in your original message that you think I went to enough levels of management. The State of Missouri's denial letter: failure to notify enough levels of management.If the company that I worked for cannot provide a policy informing the levels of management to inform, then will my appeal be approved ? I do not want to go into any other details if I do not need to.The appeals court has all except some emails that I did not forward to my personal email account.
You can't just submit evidence. You need to provide an argument, too. For example, you can say something along the line of the initial reviewer erred in stating you didn't go to enough levels of management, when you clearly demonstrated at the initial stage that you had gone to several levels (and then provide any documentation) you have.Unfortunately, I can't ever predict how a case will turn out. It can be a matter of the luck of the draw of the hearings officer. Do be aware that you can continue to appeal if you don't agree with the results of a hearing.I don't know what you're talking about in regards to "other details," but keep in mind that when you appeal, the employer can come in with whatever evidence it may want to introduce, if it decides to oppose the unemployement - which some employers do. You can always object to the introduction of the evidence.My best,
Experience: Atty. 24+ years; Plain English - Discrimination, Fire/Hire, Non-Compete, etc.
This appeal is being done by phone. The state of Missouri has sent me the copies of evidence that I have faxed to them. They have also sent me a few documents from the other company. Is the State of Missouri supposed to send me "All of the Information" submitted by me and the company I used to work for ? Is this "All" of the information that can be submitted in the hearing ?
No one has to submit anything you haven't asked for. You can ask for what you want. If they refuse to provide something, you can submit a motion to the judge asking for an order to order them to provide evidence you've requested.Some of the evidence may be redacted, to protect the privacy of other employees. Sometimes, you have to fight over what is redacted or not.To "redact" something is to remove information - usually, what is done is to black out parts of documents with private information.
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