tmare_IHB
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I was just asked a question at my school site and I have no idea. Much of our classified staff was notified that they were being laid off about a month ago. Many of them were planning on unemployment compensation to begin during the summer. Then, today (the last day of school) they were notified that they do have a job: a job for four hours a day with no benefits (as opposed to their 8 hour full benefits). Are they completely screwed now when it comes to unemployment benefits? Most of them cannot afford to work part-time with no benefits but they can't quit because if things change over the summer and they are reinstated to 8 hours and they have quit, they will lose their seniority (anyway, if you quit, you don't get benefits). It seems to me that they have technically been laid off since the job offer is really not for the same job. I'm sure this is another district maneuver to screw them out of benefits, anyone have any expertise or answer?