Tim
If your (soon to be former) employer has a min 12mo of svs policy to be
eligible for an increase then from what you say you are ineligible. An
employer is not legally required to issure handbooks or other communications
regarding his raise policy. Other aspects of employment policies carry federal and
state mandates. Matters concering salary increases are excluded. All the
employer is legally obligated to do is to administer salary adjustments on a fair
and equitable basis. If another employee with less than 12mo service got a
raise then you would have a case (for unfair treatment). You would file your
grievance with your state Fair Employment Practices division of your state Labor
Dept.
Unemployment benefits in most states are processed by that division in
your state labor dept. The employers pay into the fund and the state dispenses
it. Anyone who goes out of work is eligible to complete the documents and
interview with the state to file for unemployment compensation. When you do so,
your immediate past employer(s) are notified by the state with a copy of the
document you wrote explaining the condition(s) under which you were
terminated, quit, laid off, died!! The employer has x-days in which to respond to the
state with a protest or to remain silent in which case you become immediately
eligible (unless not even the state buys your story) and benefits start coming.
If your employer protests, then your case goes before a labor law judge for
hearing where you and your employer rep tell your case in open court. The
judge decides. During the eligible payment period most states require you to
show up at the unemployment office several times a month and bring proof that you
have been seeking employment without success.
Paul Sahlin
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