NEW YORK UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE - HEARINGS AND APPEALS - MISCONDUCT OR SEPARATION WITH GOOD CAUSE - CASE NO. 7

After submitting the Notice of Protest on March 21 that the claimant quit, the claimant completed a questionnaire online (Exhibit 3) stating that the claimant was fired but when the DOL attempted to interview the claimant on April 4, the DOL received no response (Exhibit 4). The DOL then interviewed the Employer by telephone (Exhibit 2) on May 17 and ostensibly based the adverse determination on that.

If there is a lesson to claimants in this, it is to always respond to DOL investigations and phone calls.