Wait what? You've been in an unemployment lawsuit?
EDIT: Blow all 4K on FFRK pulls. Show Magetastic who is boss
EDIT: Or was it Magic Fanatic? Pretend I said the correct person with the same goddamn name.
Well, I've been mostly talking about it in chats and not on the boards. But yeah.
SO. An update on VSM's life, because I haven't actually been HERE for like, several years:
I got a job working at an office assisting people with medicaid. I worked through a temp agency. (I also own my own house. MIND BLOWN, right?)
Anyhow, during this time, and, honestly, during the last 15 years or so, I've just been unreasonably tired, nodding off, and so on. At my job, I found myself falling asleep during calls with people I was assisting. Oddly, it didn't actually affect my performance that much, but if you're falling asleep while talking to someone on the phone, something is up. I went to the HR department and requested.... well, whatever my options were. Time off, less hours, specific days off, etc.... while dealing with the issue, because I figured something had to be up with my health. I was told by the company it was OK. Two hours later, my temp agency got involved and shit-canned me. The temp agency rep told me I could collect unemployment while I worked on the medical issue.
So suddenly I'm out of work, but I have some money saved up, so no biggie. I go to the doctor's appointments and discover I have:
1)A
significant Vitamin D deficiency.
2)Very mild sleep apnea (more accurately, Hypopnea)
3)Narcolepsy.
So yeah. Uh, three valid medical reasons for being exhausted. Which is good. I report it to my temp agency who are pretty OK with it. "Oh, it's good you found that". They never talked to me again.
Because I work for a temp agency, Unemployment is really weird. I was told I was working on a medical issue during my time not working, so I filed it as a medical leave of absence. But apparently it wasn't. Which is good, because apparently, that makes you invalid for unemployment.
Between my original accidental mis-filing and a few other things that cropped up, I've been trying to collect unemployment since
May. I finally went in in person (for the third time) and lucked out by getting someone competent (and the manager) who told me exactly what I need to do to properly protest all the issues that cropped up in unemployment. I followed directions to the T.
......suddenly! my old employer (the temp agency), the ones who
literally forced me to leave the job I was trying to keep claimed that I
voluntarily left my employment, when no, they arbitrarily severed my contract and
also told me to file for unemployment. So now THAT'S holding up my money.
Unfortunately, when I posted last, I was a bit too optimistic. I just got a thing verifying what WOULD happen IF I were found in the right in my case. It didn't actually resolve my case like it heavily indicated. Now, I get to wait an indeterminate amount of time to receive in the mail a letter either telling me to go to court in person, or giving me a date for an over-the-phone hearing.
I'm owed a total of 4,320 dollars. I've reported diligently every week (more or less) since I was unemployed. Even though I missed a couple, I've reported over 20 weeks, and I'm eligible for 20 weeks. So.
Assuming I win my appeal, which I guess has progressed to some sort of court hearing, I'll get that money in a lump sum. Currently, I'm trying to talk to my attorney to see if I can maybe get MORE than the OWED amount since 1)My old employer lied and falsely stated that I quit when I didn't
and 2)I can prove that I suffered monetary loss simply by not having the expected income that my unemployment checks would have given me.
and hey, 3, for good measure) I have SEVERAL medical conditions that were causing the problem that I initially asked for time off to get tested for, including one lifelong condition that requires regular medication.
I'm fucking destroyed financially. I'm tapped out. I have about 85 cents right now and overdue bills and while I know my parents will help me out, I still hate that I have to ask for it, because really, this should have been settled like 6 months ago.
