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Chesterbrook Unemployment Attorney
A Chesterbrook unemployment attorney represents employees and workers who have been refused unemployment benefits for one reason or another. While employees do lose their unemployment compensation due to reasons outside of their control, sometimes an employer is guilty of wrongful termination of an employee. To figure out if you are eligible for unemployment benefits, a lawyer examines your situation under the law before creating a legal strategy for pursuing your benefits.
Call or email us because we know whether your situation is actionable by law.
Five Reasons To Hire A Chesterbrook Unemployment Attorney
A Chesterbrook unemployment attorney studies the factors surrounding your complaint and determines if your complaint stands up under the law. Moreover, a lawyer provides an objective argument and legal understanding that benefits your case. Consequently, a lawyer champions your case, allowing you to continue searching for a new job.
1. You were wrongfully fired or forced to quit.
A Chesterbrook unemployment attorney recognizes the uphill battle of winning unemployment compensation in light of wrongful termination or a forced quit. However, a lawyer scrutinizes the circumstantial evidence and decides if and how to pursue your benefits.
2. Your employer has violated your legal rights.
A Chesterbrook unemployment attorney knows what constitutes a violation of employment rights and how to handle it. Meanwhile, your lawyer also recognizes employer retaliation in response to an employee filed complaint. An unemployment lawyer guides you through the legal system and documenting your employer’s violations.
3. Unemployment benefits were wrongly denied.
A Chesterbrook unemployment attorney studies your employment history alongside the unemployment law, determining whether or not your unemployment benefits were wrongly denied. Also, the attorney leads you through the legal process of filling out the correct documents and submitting a complaint. Moreover, a lawyer gains your situation more credibility.
4. The hearing process is well-known to an unemployment attorney.
A Chesterbrook unemployment attorney deals with the hearing process on a frequent basis because an unemployment attorney specializes in unemployment law. Another benefit of working with an unemployment lawyer is his or her ability to equip you for every step of the hearing and to prepare you for questions asked during the hearing.
5. An unemployment lawyer knows the law.
A Chesterbrook unemployment attorney devotes hours of time to research and study of the law while following current legislative rulings because knowing the law impacts the cases that he or she represents. Therefore, a lawyer focuses on how to best present your situation in light of the law. Furthermore, you and your case profit from an attorney’s legal knowledge.
Two Common Reasons for Benefits Denial
The loss of unemployment compensation occurs most often because of two specific situations. First, when an employer fires an employee, the employee does not receive benefits if the employer fired the employee due to willful misconduct. Secondly, when an employee voluntarily leaves a job, the employee does not receive unemployment compensation unless the employee can prove necessitous and compelling reason for quitting. Of course, either party may try to prove otherwise in a hearing.
What Is The Unemployment Compensation Filing Process?
After you’ve dealt with the irritation and annoyance of losing your job, applying for unemployment compensation is a simple process. While you receive unemployment benefits, you and your family receive stability while you job search. Moreover, unemployment compensation is nothing to be ashamed of because you earned a right to it over your employment history with your recent employer.
Quick Steps for Applying and Appealing
- Determine your eligibility for PA unemployment compensation.
- Apply for unemployment benefits online.
- Receive your Notice of Determination.
- If your benefits are denied, appeal the determination.
- You will be given a date for an UC Referee Hearing.
- Keep appealing if your benefits are denied.
After step 6, you can continue to appeal until you reach the Commonwealth Court, where the decision is final. However, the first appeal is heard by the UC referee. If you decide to appeal the decision made by the UC referee, the decision and your case evidence is reviewed by the Board of Review. Lastly, the Commonwealth Court hears your appeal. Throughout the appealing process, each stage requires more in-depth law knowledge and allows no additional evidence.
If you have not received your unemployment compensation due to wrongful termination or another reason, contact a Chesterbrook unemployment lawyer.
Don’t hesitate; talk to a Chesterbrook unemployment attorney: (412) 626-5626 or lawyer@lawkm.com.
Kraemer, Manes & Associates LLC “KM&A” is a law firm serving all of Pennsylvania with our principal offices in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. Call KM&A in western Pennsylvania at 412-626-5626 or in eastern Pennsylvania at 215-618-9185. KM&A can be reached by email at lawyer@lawkm.com.
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