Originally Posted by Barefootsies

100% wrong.



Correct. You can collect unemployment if you are fired because you can't do the job, meet the requirements (like commission). Also in layoffs, downsizing, etc..

However, you do not get to collect it if it's because of other things that are considered voluntary such as missing work, no call- no show, attendance issues, insubordination, code of conduct violations, etc.

Of course, it's not always a black and white issue and you can, in some circumstances get it if you resign, like in the case of harassment, or FMLA turned down, and such. But you typically have to file appeals, and wait it out in those cases.

I've been through it myself, and was also a union steward where I dealt with these exact issues. But that's not to say laws can't vary state by state.