Conditions for accepting American welfare

Condition: 1. You or your family members are diagnosed with COVID-19 (coronavirus pneumonia-19);

2. Have COVID-19's symptoms and are seeking diagnosis;

3. Take care of the confirmed family members;

4. Because of the closure of schools or other nursing institutions due to COVID-19, individuals have to bear the main responsibility of guardianship for children and other family members;

5. Unable to go to work due to public health emergencies in COVID-19;

6. Doctors can't go to work because COVID-19 suggested self-isolation;

1. The original work could not be started or lost due to public health emergencies in COVID-19;

8. The original head of household died in COVID-19, which suddenly made him a breadwinner at home;

9. People who are directly affected by COVID-19 and have resigned;

10. Public health emergencies in COVID-19.

The unemployment insurance system in the United States has a history of nearly 70 years. Mainly to provide temporary economic assistance to the unemployed, the applicant must meet the conditions, one of which is "non-self-caused unemployment", including being dismissed by the employer. However, many new immigrants from China to the United States are not very familiar with the provisions of unemployment benefits. Here is an example to explain in detail.

An immigrant from China who worked in California was fired by his boss because he was complained by his customers that he was too slow. When he left, the boss asked him to sign his resignation letter, saying that if he signed it, he would help him write a letter of recommendation when looking for a new job in the future. This China immigrant doesn't know if he should sign, because he didn't leave voluntarily, but if he doesn't sign, he is worried that his boss will speak ill of him when he applies for a job in the future.

You can get unemployment benefits for 26 weeks if you are fired.

Generally speaking, if a worker resigns, it is difficult to get unemployment benefits, with few exceptions. In order to help workers who have lost their jobs, the California government has established an unemployment relief system to provide workers who have lost their jobs with a part of their daily income for up to 26 weeks.

The employer only needs to pay unemployment insurance contributions to those workers who have not made mistakes in their work and have left involuntarily. In this case, China immigrants were fired by their bosses, not voluntarily resigned, and they are likely to be eligible for unemployment benefits. The boss asked him to sign his resignation letter, probably because he didn't want to pay unemployment insurance for him, which actually deprived the unemployed of their legal rights.

If a worker is fired by his boss without making mistakes at work, he meets one of the conditions for receiving unemployment benefits. What does it mean to make mistakes at work? Such as sleeping at work, getting drunk, stealing things, etc. Slow hands and feet are not mistakes at work. The unemployed should apply to the unemployment bureau for unemployment benefits immediately after losing their jobs.

Resignation can be recommended by the boss without relief.

If the person concerned signs the resignation letter, does it mean that he is not eligible for unemployment benefits? Not exactly. The unemployment bureau will make a decision based on the actual reasons for your leaving your job. If the unemployment bureau knows that it was forced by the employer to sign the resignation letter, but in fact it left the job involuntarily, then there is still hope for immigrants to get unemployment insurance benefits.

Legal basis:

Article 45 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Social Insurance Law

Unemployed persons who meet the following conditions shall receive unemployment insurance money from the unemployment insurance fund:

(a) before unemployment, the employer and I have paid unemployment insurance premiums for one year;

(two) the employment is not interrupted because of my will;

(three) registered unemployed and have job requirements.