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Correct. Many of these people will not qualify for unemployment benefits because they willfully quit their other job and because of the US system are at serious

Correct. Many of these people will not qualify for unemployment benefits because they willfully quit their other job and because of the US system are at serious risk of destitution and homelessness unless they have friends or family that will support them during this time.

gnopgnip 6y ago
Quitting to start a new job does not prevent you from receiving unemployment. There is no blanket prohibition on receiving unemployment if you quit. You qualify for unemployment if you lost your job through no fault of your own, or you quit for good cause
- jeffbee 6y ago
  I don't know what jurisdiction you are specifically discussing, but in California you cannot collect unemployment if you simply left your job. You must show "good cause" for leaving, where "good cause" includes things like violence and physical danger, but not "I thought I could get paid more across town".
  - gnopgnip 6y ago
    In CA specifically if you accept a better job and quit, then later this other job never materializes that is good cause and you would qualify for unemployment. Per https://www.edd.ca.gov/uibdg/Voluntary_Quit_VQ_5.htm https://www.edd.ca.gov/uibdg/Voluntary_Quit_VQ_5.htm on whether a voluntary quit qualifies for unemployment >[T]he quitting must be for such a cause as would reasonably motivate in a similar situation the average able-bodied and qualified worker to give up his or her employment with its certain wage rewards in order to enter the ranks of the . . . unemployed.
- syshum 6y ago
  Different states have differing rules but most states in a non-pandemic time would not authorized Unemployment if a person left one job for another, and that other job offer was rescinded, you would not be qualified to get unemployment in that situation That said, while under this current state of emergency many rules have the changed, extended, and lowered
- momokoko 6y ago
  This is wildly false. “quit for a good cause” means things like they changed your hours to ones you cannot work or something where you job changed in a way in which you were not capable of performing your job duties. Or things like you were a victim of discrimination or harassment. Leaving for another job is definitely not one of them. This was specifically about the US. Where you possibly referring to a different country?
  - gnopgnip 6y ago
    Good cause is not limited to those reasons. Leaving for another job is good cause in CA, NY, MA and many other states depending on the specifics. Per https://www.edd.ca.gov/uibdg/Voluntary_Quit_VQ_5.htm https://www.edd.ca.gov/uibdg/Voluntary_Quit_VQ_5.htm on whether a voluntary quit qualifies for unemployment >[T]he quitting must be for such a cause as would reasonably motivate in a similar situation the average able-bodied and qualified worker to give up his or her employment with its certain wage rewards in order to enter the ranks of the . . . unemployed.
    - otterley 6y ago
      As a practical matter, this means that the employer made working there so harsh and intolerable for the employee that any reasonable person in a similar situation would have quit, too. This is known in the law as "constructive discharge," and if you can make your case to EDD (in California) that you were constructively discharged then you can qualify for unemployment benefits. But if you simply quit your job because you got a better offer, that's a different story, and EDD will likely reject your subsequent application for unemployment benefits.
pkaye 6y ago
Are they true independent contractors or are they working under contracting companies that handle the payroll for Google? I don't know the proper term for these companies.
- otterley 6y ago
  They're typically known as agencies.

gnopgnip 6y ago

Quitting to start a new job does not prevent you from receiving unemployment. There is no blanket prohibition on receiving unemployment if you quit. You qualify for unemployment if you lost your job through no fault of your own, or you quit for good cause

jeffbee 6y ago
I don't know what jurisdiction you are specifically discussing, but in California you cannot collect unemployment if you simply left your job. You must show "good cause" for leaving, where "good cause" includes things like violence and physical danger, but not "I thought I could get paid more across town".
- gnopgnip 6y ago
  In CA specifically if you accept a better job and quit, then later this other job never materializes that is good cause and you would qualify for unemployment. Per https://www.edd.ca.gov/uibdg/Voluntary_Quit_VQ_5.htm https://www.edd.ca.gov/uibdg/Voluntary_Quit_VQ_5.htm on whether a voluntary quit qualifies for unemployment >[T]he quitting must be for such a cause as would reasonably motivate in a similar situation the average able-bodied and qualified worker to give up his or her employment with its certain wage rewards in order to enter the ranks of the . . . unemployed.
syshum 6y ago
Different states have differing rules but most states in a non-pandemic time would not authorized Unemployment if a person left one job for another, and that other job offer was rescinded, you would not be qualified to get unemployment in that situation That said, while under this current state of emergency many rules have the changed, extended, and lowered
momokoko 6y ago
This is wildly false. “quit for a good cause” means things like they changed your hours to ones you cannot work or something where you job changed in a way in which you were not capable of performing your job duties. Or things like you were a victim of discrimination or harassment. Leaving for another job is definitely not one of them. This was specifically about the US. Where you possibly referring to a different country?
- gnopgnip 6y ago
  Good cause is not limited to those reasons. Leaving for another job is good cause in CA, NY, MA and many other states depending on the specifics. Per https://www.edd.ca.gov/uibdg/Voluntary_Quit_VQ_5.htm https://www.edd.ca.gov/uibdg/Voluntary_Quit_VQ_5.htm on whether a voluntary quit qualifies for unemployment >[T]he quitting must be for such a cause as would reasonably motivate in a similar situation the average able-bodied and qualified worker to give up his or her employment with its certain wage rewards in order to enter the ranks of the . . . unemployed.
  - otterley 6y ago
    As a practical matter, this means that the employer made working there so harsh and intolerable for the employee that any reasonable person in a similar situation would have quit, too. This is known in the law as "constructive discharge," and if you can make your case to EDD (in California) that you were constructively discharged then you can qualify for unemployment benefits. But if you simply quit your job because you got a better offer, that's a different story, and EDD will likely reject your subsequent application for unemployment benefits.

pkaye 6y ago

Are they true independent contractors or are they working under contracting companies that handle the payroll for Google? I don't know the proper term for these companies.

otterley 6y ago
They're typically known as agencies.