I am a very small business owner. A number of our employees came back to work for us when the city allowed us to reopen. They continued receiving UI. Then they started changing their availability which is challenging to adjust the weekly schedule. I received inquiries from EDD asking dates of these employees being laid off. They are not laid off. They choose to work less hours and less days because they want to continue receiving UI. I noted that on the form that EDD sent. But every two weeks I receive inquiries from EDD asking what date did they last work.
Any advice please.
Date last worked refers to that specific week. So for this week Feb 21 (Sunday) - Feb 27 (Saturday) -- let's say they last worked on a Thursday, February 25th. For that week, that is their last day worked. They would also mark that they are continuing to be on-call or part time with you -- not laid off. They need to mark that correctly on their certification.
It might be possible that you will continue to get the notification every two weeks, but also possible that it will stop if they mark "on call or part time" rather than laid off.
Thank you. So I will continue to write in the last day they work for the week in question. Even though they are scheduled every week and they are still employed. I feel that they are being dishonest because I can give them full time hours/days but they choose not to and I am enabling them to be dishonest to UI.
@r_coronado917 Yeah, that sounds like a tough position to be in. In truth, if they are offered full-time work and are refusing it not for a good reason they could be disqualified from receiving unemployment. For example, a good reason to deny work would be if the employer did not supply enough PPE for workers to work. But if the employer did supply a working condition where they did everything possible to provide a safe working condition -- an employee cannot deny that work -- it wouldn't be good enough for EDD to keep them on unemployment.
It's up to you what you would like to put on the form but that's what the rules are. They should not be refusing full time work. Doing so can result to disqualification.
If they are instead being offered only part-time work that is a different story. In that case both you and them need to report they are working on call or part time and will be continuing work... not laid off. That is the wrong category.
Thank you , this helps a lot.