If I am offered a job and refuse it,will I lose my unemployment benefits? I am in GA.?

Question

If I am offered ajob and refuse it while on unemployment, will I lose my unemployment? I reside in GA.

Okay, thank for your answers guys. Say my salary was at 45K and I was offered 28K. Is that a good enough reason you think? Same field, just bum salary. I did certify and say that i was actively seeking work, but did not report that i refused offers. looked at the site to see if i was to expect the money in my accoutn tommorow and it says "report to career center, it was unpaid". How long does it take to make a determination and continue benefits, anyone know?

Answer 1

No, most people on unemployment could find SOME sort of a job at their local groccery store or McDonalds if they really wanted something. As long as you aren't working you can keep getting them.

Answer 2

I agree with the response from F.A.Q. In my opinion, though, it is not a good idea to report to the state that you did not refuse work when in fact you did. It is not uncommon for an employer to inform unemployment insurance (UI) administrators that an individual refused an offer of work. Even though it may be an unreasonable offer, it is best to report it in order to avoid any potential of fraud.

As stated by F.A.Q., the period of time you have been filing for benefits may come into play in this circumstance. Consider you are at the end of your claim and you fail to report that you refused an offer of a similar job paying $10,000 less because you feel the compensation was not reasonable. The employer who made the offer has had a bad experience with former employees filing for UI benefits and hears through the grapevine that you are receiving benefits. The employer informs the UI administrator who in turn determines that the offer was indeed reasonable because your benefits are almost exhausted and perhaps your expectations are somewhat unreasonable. Now, not only will you be expected to repay benefits for the week you failed to report the refusal, but now you’re looking at a significant penalty and a lengthy disqualification from receiving future benefits.

Answer 3

As someone else said, it depends on a few things. 1. If there is a large difference in pay. 2. What hours you did work & what they were offering. 3. How long you've been collecting benefits (the longer you collect, the more they expect you to lower your standards). 4. How far would you have to travel.

There's other reasons as well, but those are the main ones. You SHOULD know within a week whether or not you have been disqualified.

Good luck.

Answer 4

Depends, if you are offered a job outside of your skills or way out of your accustomed pay scale and can prove it, then probably not. As an extreme example say you are a University Professor earning $100,000 / yr. and you are offered a job as a laborer at $8.50 / hr. However if you were a laborer earning $9.50 / hr and it was in the same area as you, then yes, you would probably be disqualified if the State of Georgia finds out. Lastly if you try to cheat the unemployment people and they catch you, your fixn' to get your legs striped.

Answer 5

If it didn't meet your past salary requirements.

Sometimes an interviewer will be disagreeable.
I told the unemployment people he was rude,
how could I work for someone like that?

Answer 6

You shouldn't because there could be a good reason not to take it.

Answer 7

if they dont know then you're straight