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I left because of bullying, office tension and harassment . The owner wasn't aware of hher actions to the staff, and customers. The employer wanted me to come back but made no provisions to protect not only myself and the other staff from her ranting behavior. E.I denied me unemployment because I left without just cause. I did not report her to the owner, nor did I seek medical attention from my doctor for the stress of working in the same office with this woman. She was not only the manager but the warden and er were the inmates, the employees and the customers of the marina and campground. I have worked for 45 plus years and 30 of them in a management role always treated my staff and business customers with respect. I am appealing the decision from E.i. and need some help. I am 63 and need to work for many years ahead, I have no pension, but need the financial assistance of E.I. at this time. Thank you in advance any advise you can give. Regards Gary Jenkins

I was offered a new position by my current company where the job description has changed more than 50%, but they did not offer me a serverance package when I did. It accept it. It was a take or leave it situation. The employees that were not offered a position were given a package.

And employer verbally abused his employee and resulted in the employer dismissing the employ, would the employee qualify for unemployment?

Hey my father is a senior project manager and he was fired without cause from his company. The problem is he recently had two serious surgeries and was on disability status because he had two very serious life threatening surgeries. Everything seemed to be fine until these surgeries. I believe he was let go due to his disability.

I currently work as a cook part-time while I'm pursuing a Bachelor of Education. I split my living both at home and in the university's town with my fiancee and her family. The drive is around an hour and a half between the two. Months before I moved to my school-time availability, I informed my employer that I would only be able to work Saturdays and Sundays, and that, due to the driving and the fact that the closing shift doesn't end until around midnight, I would be unable to close Sundays. I made sure multiple times to bring this up and each time he acknowledged my points. However, for the second week in a row he has scheduled me to close Sunday. Last week I was able to switch shifts with a co-worker, but this week I am unable to. My manager is a very unmanaging one, and leaves all scheduling conflicts up to co-worker sorting and does not deal with it once he has posted his schedule. The biggest example I can think of is a from a few months back when I had a GI flu and was sick from both ends. I said I physically could not come in in all good conscience, but because I was unable to find someone to cover for me, I had to go in and work through the night, taking many breaks to go be sick. I am concerned that if I cannot find someone to trade shifts with me, that I will be fired. I know that I could work those shifts, but seeing as we had discussed my availability and my reasoning for no Sunday nights many times before hand, I don't think this is a fair worry for me to be having. Could you please advise?