tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717763000184349948.post7905033820107195386..comments2023-10-26T11:17:50.240-04:00Comments on A Lawyer's Blog - Jon Michael Probstein, Esq.: UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE - VOLUNTARY SEPARATIONJon Michael Probstein, Esq.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02516067937381017755noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717763000184349948.post-952112950980830162019-09-18T11:45:39.962-04:002019-09-18T11:45:39.962-04:00Hello:
I just tried it and it worked. This is wha...Hello:<br /><br />I just tried it and it worked. This is what they say on that page:<br /><br />"Unemployment Insurance and Corporate Officers<br />A corporate officer is a person who manages the affairs of a corporation as an officer and/or stockholder or director or as a family member or close relative of an officer or stockholder. <br />The NYS Unemployment Insurance Law provides that, "benefits shall be paid only to a claimant who is totally unemployed." Total unemployment is defined as the total lack of any employment on any day. <br />Whenever an individual, who is the officer of a corporation, files a claim for benefits, and the corporation is the last employer, an investigation must be performed to establish whether the individual is "unemployed" within the meaning of the UI Law. It must be established whether the claimant can control his/her own employment. The investigation is required irrespective of whether the activity as officer of the corporation is the claimant's primary or secondary employment. <br />An officer of an ongoing corporation may be considered employed for NYS unemployment insurance purposes and may not be eligible for unemployment insurance benefits, even during a period in which, because of a temporary suspension of operations, he/she performs no services and receives no remuneration. A temporary suspension of corporate operations may result from a lack of business, seasonal or otherwise, an emergency such as fire or flood; or other reasons. <br />The courts have upheld the denial of benefits because of lack of total unemployment in cases described by the above rule. The basis for the ineligibility is that, since it rests within the power of corporate officers to fix their salaries and the time for their payment, it must be presumed that the salaries so fixed are intended to constitute compensation on an annual basis. In other words, such claimants are presumed to be employed throughout the year and are not eligible for unemployment insurance benefits. <br />The only exception to the above rule would be in those cases in which corporate operations have permanently ceased because of the impending dissolution of the corporation. However, even in such cases, a corporate officer is considered employed if he/she performs substantial services related to winding up the affairs of the corporation. Similarly, a corporate officer is considered employed if he/she performs substantial services related to the formation and commencement of a corporate enterprise. <br />During all three phases of the life of a corporate enterprise – pre-operational (startup); operational (including temporary suspension of operations); and post-operational (windup) – a corporate officer who performs substantial services or receives remuneration is considered employed, and is not eligible for unemployment insurance benefits. In addition, during the operational phase, in which the corporation may be described as an ongoing corporation, such person is not totally unemployed, even if he/she performs no services and receives no remuneration. "Jon Michael Probstein, Esq.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02516067937381017755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717763000184349948.post-33865432635350113162019-09-18T11:00:14.805-04:002019-09-18T11:00:14.805-04:00Hi, Thanks for the info. However the page you reco...Hi, Thanks for the info. However the page you recommended according tp NY Labor Dept. "Cannot be Found". Just thought you should know...Mauricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12253852543280810322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717763000184349948.post-37952995376261428432019-08-13T12:20:05.148-04:002019-08-13T12:20:05.148-04:00Hello:
This is the DOL position: https://www.labo...Hello:<br /><br />This is the DOL position: https://www.labor.ny.gov/ui/claimantinfo/ui%20and%20corporate%20officers.shtm<br /><br />You can request a hearing.Jon Michael Probstein, Esq.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02516067937381017755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717763000184349948.post-57246717902137946922019-08-13T10:00:15.904-04:002019-08-13T10:00:15.904-04:00I recently sold my incorporated florist due to lac...I recently sold my incorporated florist due to lack of revenue. I was denied UI benefits because in their opinion I quit my job without good cause. My business was losing money and I couldn't pay myself. Can anyone suggest a recourse to get the UI benefits I believe I'm entitled to? Thanks, MauriceMauricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12253852543280810322noreply@blogger.com