Assisting Florida Employers with Unemployment Claim Disputes
Almost every employer must deal with an unemployment claim dispute at some point. You can either accept that your employee is entitled to unemployment benefits or contest their claim.
At Snell Legal, we help businesses decide when and how to dispute an unemployment claim. Business law is all we do, and we know what matters to businesses. We want to know what matters to you and your business and let that serve as our guide for your business representation.
Don't let a disgruntled employee take advantage of your company. Contact our lawyers to learn how we can help.
Should You Contest an Unemployment Claim?
Whenever an unemployment compensation claim is received, you have to decide whether to allow it to go unchallenged or to contest it. Many such claims cannot effectively be challenged, so even though you might like to challenge it, if you do you'll likely lose. It's important to know when you can and when you can't successfully challenge an unemployment claim. We can help you make the right decision.
Is Your Employee Eligible for Unemployment Benefits?
If the employee resigned voluntarily, not under some duress caused by the employer, they are probably not entitled to unemployment claim benefits. If they were terminated for poor performance, unless of a kind which might be considered a form of misconduct, they probably are entitled to unemployment claim benefits.
Whether or not there was misconduct is not always easy to determine, but we can provide you with the assistance you need to make that determination. Often, if the initial challenge, particularly the first hearing, is not handled well by the employer, the employee might prevail even if the employer had a good basis to challenge. So, knowing how to make the challenge is just as important as knowing whether there is a proper basis for a challenge. We can provide direction, or actively participate on the employer's behalf.
Wrongful Termination Claims in Addition to Unemployment Claims
In addition to an unemployment claim, given proper grounds a terminated employee may also bring a wrongful discharge claim based on a breach of contract or on a violation of state or federal law. Snell Legal can also provide employers with a defense of these claims, such as those based on alleged discrimination, harassment, retaliation and violations of whistleblower statutes.
Our lawyers have earned the respect of clients, attorneys and other professionals throughout Florida and beyond. To learn how we can assist you with your unemployment claim dispute, please contact us to arrange a consultation.
