How long must an employee of FL work at the same place before they are eligible for unemployment?

Question

I know in some other states it is 6mo. any help is greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

Answer 1

"To establish a monetarily eligible unemployment compensation claim, a person must have worked and earned wages during the first four quarters of the previous five completed quarters prior to filing a claim. This period of time is called the “base period.” The base period changes every three months at the beginning of each new quarter starting in January, April, July and October. "

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Answer 2

in most states... they don't really look at the lenght of time of employment... what they look at is reason for leaving a job....

terminated with just cause.... forget it
(not showing up for work, not doing assigned work, creating hostile workplace, etc)
quit..... forget it
lay off almost automatic

medical can be done but you have to
have doctors statements about
why you can't work that
particular job and what other
jobs you can do.

What most states look at is your employment history over the last 18 months... they take the 3 highest quarters for income and use calculations to figure your weekly benefit amount.
If you haven't been employed somewhere for at least the last 12-15 months then your weekly benefit amount will not be very much.

Answer 3

It's not 6 months at one place, it's 6 months cummulative time of employment. So if you worked 2 yrs at one place, but only 2 mos at a new job and were laid off, you'd qualify.