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Entitled to Unemployment Insurance? ( August 2008 )
Usually, you are eligible for unemployment insurance payments if it wasn't your fault that you lost your job. For example, it isn't your "fault" if you lost your job in a layoff. -
Pennsylvania Governor Rendell Signs Legislation Allowing Non-Attorneys to Represent Corporate Employers in Unemployment Compensation Proceedings ( August 2005 )
In February, 2005, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court issued a decision holding that corporations could not be represented by non-attorneys in administrative proceedings involving unemployment compensation claims. Harkness v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, No. 150 C.D. 2004 (Pa. Commw. Feb. 3, 2005). As a result of the Harkness decision, company employees could appear and testify at unemployment compensation hearings without legal representation, but they were not permitted to ask questions of witnesses, make objections, or deliver legal arguments. -
Illinois Grants Unemployment Benefits To Locked-Out Employees ( May 2005 )
On March 7, 2005, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich signed into law an act that amended Section 604 of the Illinois Unemployment Insurance Act. As amended, Section 604 now provides unemployment benefits to employees who are locked out by their employer. Effective January 1, 2006, locked out employees will be entitled to receive benefits provided the employees are not otherwise disqualified from receiving benefits under another section of the Illinois Unemployment Compensation Act. -
Reversing a long-standing practice in Pennsylvania, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania held in a 5-2 decision that corporations may not be represented by non-lawyers at unemployment compensation hearings.
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Postmark Your Appeal ( April 2000 )
A party to a lawsuit can easily lose a claim or an appeal by missing a filing deadline. Recently, an employer who f. -
Frequently Asked Questions regarding a CFIDS/ Fibromyalgia claim ( February 2000 )
Why is it necessary to apply for an administrative appeal for my CFIDS/ Fibromyalgia claim? -
Recent Employment-Related Legislative Changes ( July 1999 )
The recently concluded First Regular Session of the 119th Maine Legislature resulted in a number of statutory changes relating to employment law. -
Pennslyvania Supreme Court Rules that Unemployment Compensation Referee's Factual Findings can be Re-Tried in a Civil Trial ( June 1999 )
On June 16, 1998, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court determined that the factual findings of unemployment compensation . -
Individual Assistance Programs ( February 1999 )
Fact sheet from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) which describes FEMA's programs designed to assist individuals after a disaster. -
Going It Alone at an Unemployment Compensation Hearing in Pennsylvania ( December 1998 )
Consider a situation in which an undeserving employee files for unemployment compensation and a hearing is sche.