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If you're fired in the US you may not be able to get unemployment either.

• colechristensen 12y ago
  To the contrary, you generally have to get fired to receive benefits unless you are quitting for exceptional reasons. To deny your unemployment claims after you've been fired or laid off, your employer has to dispute your claim and demonstrate serious conduct breaches while under oath. If you quit for general dissatisfaction, you're not covered. http://employment.findlaw.com/losing-a-job/eligibility-for-unemployment-compensation-benefits.html http://employment.findlaw.com/losing-a-job/eligibility-for-u...
• alistairSH 12y ago
  Usually, that only applies if you were fired for misconduct. And in places where firing for any reason is grounds for denying unemployment, most companies won't fight an appeal.
  • fsk 12y ago
    Frequently, they will word it as a layoff instead of a firing for cause, to avoid the potential lawsuit. Some minimum-wage employers would do firings to avoid paying unemployment, but that isn't as common at the professional level.