http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/10/i-am-tired-of-p.html Dispatches from a Small Business Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:39:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/10/i-am-tired-of-p.html/comment-page-1#comment-7512 Greg Wed, 10 Oct 2007 02:20:58 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/10/i-am-tired-of-p.html#comment-7512 <p>Can you simply not rehire the people who file for unemployment?</p> Can you simply not rehire the people who file for unemployment?

]]> http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/10/i-am-tired-of-p.html/comment-page-1#comment-7511 la petite chou chou Tue, 02 Oct 2007 23:42:25 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/10/i-am-tired-of-p.html#comment-7511 <p>Everyone around here thinks you have to be fired without reasonable cause to collect unemployment. I've never heard of anyone who got it just from being laid off or anything but I suppose working for a BIG corporation and not employing anyone myself I wouldn't know for sure.</p> Everyone around here thinks you have to be fired without reasonable cause to collect unemployment. I’ve never heard of anyone who got it just from being laid off or anything but I suppose working for a BIG corporation and not employing anyone myself I wouldn’t know for sure.

]]> http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/10/i-am-tired-of-p.html/comment-page-1#comment-7510 timbaland Tue, 02 Oct 2007 23:30:11 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/10/i-am-tired-of-p.html#comment-7510 <p>my buddy got laid off up here in Maine and it took 3 months for him to get his first unemployment check. Kind of defeats the purpose</p> my buddy got laid off up here in Maine and it took 3 months for him to get his first unemployment check. Kind of defeats the purpose

]]> http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/10/i-am-tired-of-p.html/comment-page-1#comment-7509 CandyMan Tue, 02 Oct 2007 22:52:51 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/10/i-am-tired-of-p.html#comment-7509 <p>It's no better in New York State - actually it's worse! I have part time employees (20 to 30 hours a week)working 8 months out of the year. They are laid off and collecting about half pay from NYS Unemployment from mid-May until mid-September. My NYS Unemployment account is so far negative that I'll never see anything but their worst rate which is 9.8% right now (6% - chicken feed!). The last couple of years I was paying 11.2% of payroll but that dropped back after "NY" (NY employers) paid off what it "borrowed" from federal unemployment. The employees enjoy their summer, go to their cottages or spend time with their kids and generally come back to work in the Fall. NY doesn't give them too much trouble since there's a firm start back date. I look at it as part my cost of labor and one of the "benefits" that returns experienced employees back to me and my part time seasonal work. Been doing this for 20 years so it's not some short term aberration. </p> It’s no better in New York State – actually it’s worse! I have part time employees (20 to 30 hours a week)working 8 months out of the year. They are laid off and collecting about half pay from NYS Unemployment from mid-May until mid-September. My NYS Unemployment account is so far negative that I’ll never see anything but their worst rate which is 9.8% right now (6% – chicken feed!). The last couple of years I was paying 11.2% of payroll but that dropped back after “NY” (NY employers) paid off what it “borrowed” from federal unemployment. The employees enjoy their summer, go to their cottages or spend time with their kids and generally come back to work in the Fall. NY doesn’t give them too much trouble since there’s a firm start back date. I look at it as part my cost of labor and one of the “benefits” that returns experienced employees back to me and my part time seasonal work. Been doing this for 20 years so it’s not some short term aberration.

]]> http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/10/i-am-tired-of-p.html/comment-page-1#comment-7508 Tony Suruda Tue, 02 Oct 2007 21:52:08 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/10/i-am-tired-of-p.html#comment-7508 <p>Years ago I met a fellow who was a snow-maker at a ski resort in New Jersey. He collected unemployment in the off-season and when challenged about looking for work he replied that his profession was snow-making and he couldn't get a job again until the ski season. I don't know what unemployment insurance rate his employer paid. Clearly there is a problem when jobs of a predictably short duration qualify for unemployment benefits.</p> Years ago I met a fellow who was a snow-maker at a ski resort in New Jersey. He collected unemployment in the off-season and when challenged about looking for work he replied that his profession was snow-making and he couldn’t get a job again until the ski season. I don’t know what unemployment insurance rate his employer paid. Clearly there is a problem when jobs of a predictably short duration qualify for unemployment benefits.

]]> http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/10/i-am-tired-of-p.html/comment-page-1#comment-7507 Tim Tue, 02 Oct 2007 20:48:36 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/10/i-am-tired-of-p.html#comment-7507 <p>Is there no way to do this without "firing" your employees in the fall, and "rehiring" in the spring? Can't they just remain employees, but with no available hours?</p> Is there no way to do this without “firing” your employees in the fall, and “rehiring” in the spring? Can’t they just remain employees, but with no available hours?

]]> http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/10/i-am-tired-of-p.html/comment-page-1#comment-7506 Tim Tue, 02 Oct 2007 20:48:24 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/10/i-am-tired-of-p.html#comment-7506 <p>Is there no way to do this without "firing" your employees in the fall, and "rehiring" in the spring? Can't they just remain employees, but with no available hours?</p> Is there no way to do this without “firing” your employees in the fall, and “rehiring” in the spring? Can’t they just remain employees, but with no available hours?

]]> http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/10/i-am-tired-of-p.html/comment-page-1#comment-7505 Tim Tue, 02 Oct 2007 20:48:14 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/10/i-am-tired-of-p.html#comment-7505 <p>Is there no way to do this without "firing" your employees in the fall, and "rehiring" in the spring? Can't they just remain employees, but with no available hours?</p> Is there no way to do this without “firing” your employees in the fall, and “rehiring” in the spring? Can’t they just remain employees, but with no available hours?

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