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Even if you laid them off, the wouldn’t be eligible for unemployment. In higher education, if you don’t work the summer you cannot collect unemployment if you have a job again in the fall because it is considered a “break.” (This is true for adjuncts as well...which puts many of them in a bad spot.) On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 8:58 AM Michele Doney <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi all, > > > > I’ve been having meetings with my tutoring staff every two weeks via Zoom > during the summer, and a few weeks ago, a bunch of them basically said that > they think I should have figured out a way to lay half of them off so they > could go on unemployment while the other half did all the work. They were > upset because they are making less money working for me this summer than > they would be on unemployment because of the extra $600 in unemployment > that was part of the federal coronavirus relief package (which just > expired). Honestly, this thought had never even crossed my mind. We’re a > union shop and a public college, so it’s not clear to me that I could have > just decided to do this on my own even if I had thought of it, and there > was absolutely no discussion along these lines on my campus as far as I am > aware. I assume (although I have not asked) that the college would rather > be paying people to serve students rather than paying out unemployment > claims, although I don’t know how the fact that, with the extra $600, for a > while some part time folks would have made more on unemployment than they > would have working, would have influenced that thinking. It just never > came up. I thought I was doing a good thing keeping my entire staff > employed, and after all, my job is to make sure students get served. > Also, keeping them working throughout the summer helps ensure I can keep > them working in the fall. One of them brought it up again at this most > recent meeting, so it’s clear it’s still on their minds. > > > > So here is what I’m wondering: Did any of you lay off staff on purpose so > they could get the extra $600? Were you told to do it, or did you decide > to do it on your own? Did any of you consider it but not do it either > because you were told not to or for some other reason? Did your status as > a public vs. private college influence that decision? Will you be able to > easily rehire the staff you laid off? 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