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Topic Name: How to Sever Relationship w/o Endangering Unemployment?
Message Name: Need Advice
Date Posted: 05/29/2001
Message: (I have also posted this in "Internet," since this type of problem seems to affect Internet professionals frequently.) I had a disagreement with my ex-employer at the time of the layoff, but I agreed to do a certain amount of continued work for a client that I had been donating my time for pro bono since January. Now they are saying they will deny my unemployment claim. I don't know why yet - I suspect they are trying to extort further work from me (pro bono). What grounds do they need to deny my claim, and what can I do to protect myself? I suspect they will try to claim that they let me go for cause, because we were not on good terms when I left. I just want to move forward, but they won't allow this. How do I walk away and still collect unemployment?

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