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I'm in IL, and just started to collect UI. This week I got two job offers, and clearly I had to turn down one. However, I won't be able to start the other job I decided to take until the end of May due to the COVID-19. I have two questions:
1. During UI certification process, I have to choose "Yes or No" for the question of "If you have turned down a suitable job offered to you." Should I answer Yes or No?
2. If I only received the offer I took, I believe I do qualify for UI till the date I actually work and earn. Since I turned down one offer, and the other job won't start till a month later, am I still eligible for UI for the next 4 weeks or so?
It's a little bit complicated for me, and I would really appreciate your input and help!
In IL, if you received a legitimate suitable job offer as defined by the regulations, you will need to report the refusal to unemployment of face fraud penalties and fines if they find out. But, you only report if it;s a legitimate job offers.
I have not see this yet from IL but a couple other states have notified employers that they should be reporting refusals to unemployment. They try to make it sound like doing so is a civic duty for the businesses to preserve the integrity and maintain current favorable tax rates.
In IL, if you received a legitimate suitable job offer as defined by the regulations, you will need to report the refusal to unemployment of face fraud penalties and fines if they find out. But, you only report if it;s a legitimate job offers.
I have not see this yet from IL but a couple other states have notified employers that they should be reporting refusals to unemployment. They try to make it sound like doing so is a civic duty for the businesses to preserve the integrity and maintain current favorable tax rates.
Thanks! That's indeed my concern.
The offer I turned down is from a small company in IL, and the job I decided to take is in PA. Hopefully this local employer won't report. One main reason why I don't want to join this local company is the unsafe working environment informed by one of their ex-employee. I didn't want to be rude so I just told them I got a better opportunity in another company in east coast. It appear to be a legitimate job offer, but I'm not sure. Any suggestions?
My concern is you're basing the "unsafe" on second hand suspect reporting. This type of information is never accepted by unemployment without a third authoritative report. Had you obtain regulatory inspection reports or ambulance responses or even seen it, those are always considered authoritative information and you are welcome to use them to refuse or even quit a job for just cause. But, some employee saying something negative can be just a lie cause they were not given a ten cents raise. Truth be told, it's highly unlikely it will ever be reported but never accept negative information that can't be validated by an authoritative source.
I wouldn't worry if I were you. You chose the better offer. You did nothing wrong.
Remember that "suitable" means safe too. I literally would not give it a second thought if I were you.
Thanks a lot!
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