MORE ON UMEPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS

He is a common issue I am getting from clients who are fighting to obtain unemployment benefits: were they fired or did they leave voluntarily? This can be a murky issue especially when an employee and the employer have a meeting where they both agree, for whatever reason, that it would be best if employment was terminated. According to the NYS Department of Labor: "You must meet the conditions set by law to receive unemployment insurance...You will be disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance if: You quit a job without good cause; or You quit a job due to marriage;...and You have not subsequently worked and earned five times your benefit rate. A disqualification for the above reasons lasts until you work and earn at least five times your benefit rate. You must be out of work again through no fault of your own."