I see. In Missouri, employers pay in UI based on the amount of labor on their payroll.
If someone gets fired, they have to report their last 9 months of work, even if different companies. If they can collect, the most recent employer has to pay a penalty on their UI for the next year. It's not taken out of employees' checks, either.
I only had the one claim, and it was driven primarily by her boyfriend who at the time had a fraudulent work comp claim and was sue-happy. For about two weeks, she just wouldnt show up at the scheduled time, no warning. She was supposed to be there at 8am (I'd let people show up a few minutes late but no later than 815) and she wouldnt show until around 930, one time was after 11. I'd try to call and text and get no response, she'd just show up late like it was all okay.
I asked her if she wanted to go down to part time, how can I help, etc. and wrote her up. In the warning it stated if she does it again she is fired.
She was fired bc she just continued to do it, and when I had to let her go, she was shocked (like I'm a doormat or something?). Then she tried to file a discrimination claim bc she was pregnant and also filed unemployment. I had a fairly new business and those claims, if I could not disprove them, would have shut down my business.
It sucks bc I really want to provide jobs and there are people out there who just take advantage of the system. I was taught long ago to always have a solid paper trail.
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