QUESTION
When working for a wholesale company and drawing a wage per hour, Can the company just stop and or tell you that they don''t need you today .
Asked on Sep 27th, 2011 on Labor and Employment - Kentucky
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I understand they can send you home if there is no work but there are 2 more drivers that are working . The problem is why not just lay off or fire so that unemployment can be applyed for instead of starving a family to death, There should be legal actions of some kind so the person can at least survive. This kind of action leaves no sympathy for small business....
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Labor and Employment Attorney serving Atlanta, GA
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Your unemployment benefits are funded through the payroll taxes that your employer pays. Thus the employer has a legitimate need to limit its exposure to paying benefits because this raises his payroll taxes. Frequently, however, you can collect partial unemployment benefits for partial layoffs when your work week is reduced below a certain number of hours of work. The amount that you can collect, and the threshold level of hours reduction will vary according to state laws. Check with your local employment security office of your state Department of Labor.
Michael Caldwell
404-979-3150
Answered on Sep 28th, 2011 at 3:21 PM