Q: If a person gets fired for having 2 drinks at lunch & she can't get unemployment. Can she draw it 2 yrs later?
She has not worked for 2 years, can she draw unemployment now on what she previously paid into it?
A:
She would not be eligible to draw unemployment.
There are several factors that go into determining whether a person is eligible to receive unemployment benefits. One test requires that a person must have earned at least $1,500 in the first four of the last five calendar quarters from the time he or she files a claim. A person who has not worked in two years will not meet that test, and therefore will not be able to collect unemployment insurance benefits.
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