mackeysmom
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Hey -
I figured if anybody had an answer - it would be my fellow budget-boarders
My boss wanted to meet with me today - I figured I was being laid off, but instead was told that I had to take a 50% cut in pay and hours. (There are two of us in my department - he couldn't decide which one of us to let go, so he cut us both by 50%).
Somebody told me that I am eligible to file for partial unemployment compensation due to my reduction in hours. The NYS Labor website wasn't too helpful, and nobody was answering the phones after 5:00, so I can't go to my local unemployment office until Monday.
I was just wondering if anybody here was from New York and had any experience with this?
Of course, I'll be looking for a full-time job (or at least a part-time job in the meantime - I've already scheduled myself to take the Census test next week), but I had a pretty sweet deal going on - I work from home - and worked a flexible 40 hour week which allows me to go to school part-time. I don't want to drop out since I'm a few weeks into the new semester, but don't know how much luck I'll have going into a job interview with a request for flexible hours.
Thanks in advance,
Laura
I figured if anybody had an answer - it would be my fellow budget-boarders

My boss wanted to meet with me today - I figured I was being laid off, but instead was told that I had to take a 50% cut in pay and hours. (There are two of us in my department - he couldn't decide which one of us to let go, so he cut us both by 50%).
Somebody told me that I am eligible to file for partial unemployment compensation due to my reduction in hours. The NYS Labor website wasn't too helpful, and nobody was answering the phones after 5:00, so I can't go to my local unemployment office until Monday.
I was just wondering if anybody here was from New York and had any experience with this?
Of course, I'll be looking for a full-time job (or at least a part-time job in the meantime - I've already scheduled myself to take the Census test next week), but I had a pretty sweet deal going on - I work from home - and worked a flexible 40 hour week which allows me to go to school part-time. I don't want to drop out since I'm a few weeks into the new semester, but don't know how much luck I'll have going into a job interview with a request for flexible hours.
Thanks in advance,
Laura