Quizzes

1. Terminated employees generally are entitled to unemployment compensation benefits unless:
They are laid off as part of a "mass lay off," consisting of 50 or more employees
They did not work for a full calendar year for the same employer
They were discharged for misconduct
They received unemployment compensation benefits twice during the last 5 years

2. Terminated employees receive differing unemployment compensation benefits based upon:
Age
Length of time of employment
Rate of pay while employed
The type of work performed by employer

3. Unemployment compensation benefits last for a maximum period of:
39 weeks
1 year
The length of time of employee's employment
20 weeks

4. Employees earning the same amount of pay are entitled to the same amount of unemployment compensation benefits:
Throughout the United States
Throughout Minnesota
Throughout the Twin Cities metropolitan area
Throughout the 5 state upper Midwest

5. "Employees who resign generally are disqualified from receiving unemployment benefits unless:
Resignation occurred after 3 consecutive years of employment
Resignation occurred due to job restructuring resulting from company reorganization
Resignation occurred for "good reason"
The employer had more than 100 employees

6. Rulings granting or denying unemployment compensation benefits by the Department of Economic Security may be appealed to:
The Bureau of National Affairs
The Minnesota Supreme Court
The American Arbitration Association
The Minnesota Court of Appeals