If an employee puts in their resignation letter, but you want to release them a week prior to resignation date. Can you file for unemployment?

If an employee puts in their resignation letter, but you want to release them a week prior to resignation date, Can they file for unemployment?

2 answers  |  asked Dec 18, 2017 07:42 AM [EST]  |  applies to New York

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V Jonas Urba
Pay them for the entire notice period and then resignation is voluntary limitation of income. No benefits. Make sure they can not argue that they would have been laid off or fired anyway. You would have kept them.

posted by V Jonas Urba  |  Dec 18, 2017 08:00 AM [EST]
V Jonas Urba
Pay them for the entire notice period and then resignation is voluntary limitation of income. No benefits. Make sure they can not argue that they would have been laid off or fired anyway. You would have kept them.

posted by V Jonas Urba  |  Dec 18, 2017 07:59 AM [EST]

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