Unemployment benefits rejected my claim because i got married and move with my husband to his homestate

I own multiple businesses and employee about 17 employees. There are so many things about this post that make me want to scream but I will not. The bottom line is you don't deserve any unemployment. You quit your job, now go find a new one. Sucks there was no support with the old location for a transfer but there could have been multiple reasons, and probably some that you don't want to hear. Update your resume and hit the pavement. 8 years with one employer is a good thing! And a word of advice don't bash them cause people will call to see how your work performance was. Just simply say you got married and decided to relocate.

^^^^ this

I have one piece of advice. Treat looking for a job now like it is your job. Spend 8 hours a day researching/applying for a new job. Like the other's said, don't limit yourself to one chain. There are tons of opporunities in retail and with 8 years experience you would be an asset. Hopefully you will find one soon!

What Jamie said is absolutely true. I'm not really sure why you'd expect to get unemployment... you did quit when you moved.

All you can do now is learn from this and continue searching for a new job. Good luck

Choosing to move for a spouses job to better the situation of the family is a realsonable and legitamate reason to move. At least in CA if this is the case you are entitiled to apply for unemployement. You worked and paid into this, and this is a situatation where you need help to get settled in a new place. You can read on your states unemployement site and it will tell you what the laws are there. Of course your company is going to deny you, at that point you will file an appeal and then it will be up to the unemployement dept to determine whether or not they feel you are eligible. One thing to remember though is that they do take into consideration how you left your job, did you leave on good terms? Did you make every reasonable attempt to transfer etc? Did you give them ample time before leaving. The better you leave your former employer the better your chances are... at least in CA, again this could be different depending on your state.

If you've checked in your area and there are no hours, it's possible they didn't transfer you simply because they couldn't.

That's all, I'm tagging back out.

@Amber I think it's a legitimate reason to move, but it's not a legitimate reason to collect unemployment. IMO unemployment should be reserved for people who lose their jobs. Making a choice to move before having secured a new position is not a good reason to receive unemployment. It sucks that OP's old job wouldn't allow the transfer, but moving before finding a new job is an irresponsible decision that should not warrant government assitance.

That sucks.

I think sometimes it's just not that simple, life happens and you have to do what you have to. For them to pay rent and bills in two places isn't realistic. I understand your ladies viewpoints, but I think every situation is different and that's why it is something an appeal board decides

^^^ what Samantha said. It was her choice to move prior to securing steady employment, why should CVS pay her for leaving voluntarily? It isn't their fault op left.

Perhaps you should have called the stores local to where your husband lives and see if there were any spots available. With my company we have to call and see if there's an available spot. Just because they wouldn't transfer you doesn't give you unemployment. Technically you still had a job you just walked out on it. Your decision to move isn't their problem. That probably sounds mean but isn't meant to be.

Moving is fine. Unemployment is not. Samantha is right. It's not your employer's job to transfer you; it's your job to be an adult. I'm sure it didn't come as a total surprise that your husband lived six hours away?

Put your resume together and start looking for work. A lawyer probably isn't going to be able to help you in this case.

@Amber you are so wrong and misguided it's absolutely shocking. Appeal boards and unemployment offices do not give a rats a## about "life happening or chose to move to be with your new husband".

Employers & the government should not have to pay because you decided to get married and move. It's not their fault she met someone who lives in another state and decided to move. This entitlement you think she is owed is mind boggling.

@ Amber, I understand that life happens, but from what OP was saying, they were managing fine before on both sides. It was only when she up and left, that she started struggling. That was her decision. Unemployment should be reserved for people who are forced into situations that they didn't have any control over (lay-offs, wrongfully terminated, etc.)

Back during the great depression, people were starving and struggling way more, but many didn't take government handouts even when the government tried to force it on them. You know why? It was something called "pride". A trait that seems severely lacking in today's world. I like free stuff as much as the next person, but this goes way beyond the free mints at restaurants!

Congrats on getting married and sorry to hear that you couldn't transfer, but that is all. NEXT!

@purplesun....AMEN SISTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think you should take the time, energy and resources that you would use to fight the unemployment decision and put them to positive use by looking for a new job.

while it sucks that your former employer wasn't supportive in helping you secure a transfer, you made the decision to move and leave your job. you weren't terminated against your will so i don't think that you're entitled unemployment benefits.

it sounds like you have a strong employment history (8 yrs with the same company) so you should be able to find something pretty easily if you keep an open mind. CVS isn't the only game in town!

and for pete's sake leave it OFF facebook! employers are now checking facebook as part of the hiring process and you don't want to appear unprofessional.

You moved, your decision CVS should not have to pay for it. Go find another job.

Where did this sense of entitlement come from in my generation???? I sure as heck wasn't raised that way!

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Doesn't matter what kind of employee you were you cannot manage a business without managing hours people work.

It's ridiculous you're Facebook messaging him asking things, I'd delete you. That's kind of childish. You don't receive a pink slip if you quit, and you quit if you don't show up for your job... Simple as that... It doesn't matter your daughters ADHD it doesn't matter where your husband lives... Many people do long distance this isn't your employers fault, this is yours. As an adult you made an unwise decision... That is all.

I live in a right to work state and you have to be properly fired to get unemployment here.

Agree with previous posters, if it was you who initiated the separation from your company than they don't actual owe you anything.

While I do agree with what the majority of the ladies have been saying, that unfortunately, if you quit, in most states, you would not be qualified for unemployment, I also think that we should probably guard the way we are phrasing our responses in an effort not be rude, but to support each other, as that is the purpose of this forum and these posts. One of the reasons I joined WW and left some of the other boards was because everyone on here was always so supportive and not discouraging. After reading these responses, it has certainly made me rethink that decision.

Darlene, I am sorry that you had to quit your job, but again, unfortunately, that is life. It is your decision to file an appeal, but your time would probably be better spent looking for other employment.

WW ladies, I don't mean to sound rude in my words, just wanted to bring our conversations and the tense of our words to light. That is all.