TERMINATION, MISCONDUCT AND UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS

Refusal to Sign a Disciplinary Memo Disqualifies a California Worker In California, an employee terminated for “misconduct” is disqualified from receiving unemployment benefits.  In Paratransit Inc. v. Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board (Medeiros) (May 31, 2012), the Court of Appeal found an employee’s declining to sign a “receipt” line at the bottom of a disciplinary notice […]

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