Thanks for this link, Azurite. It's helpful to know I was wrongfully denied Unemployment:
To NOT receive unemployment, an employee must have been fired for "gross misconduct." An employee fired for negligence, poor performance, or mild misbehavior should be awarded benefits. The EDD, not the employer, determines if an employee's conduct constituted or "sunk" to the level of "gross misconduct."
Generally, "gross misconduct" means a willful act that either caused, or could have caused, the employer to suffer significant injury or harm. For example, imagine the employer catches one of its truck-driving employees driving a vehicle while intoxicated. Even though he did not cause an accident, the employee is fired. Most likely the EDD would consider the employee's act gross misconduct warranting a denial of unemployment benefits.
Other examples of gross misconduct might be: 1) selling drugs at the workplace; 2) stealing employer property or money; or 3) assaulting a coworker.
To NOT receive unemployment, an employee must have been fired for "gross misconduct." An employee fired for negligence, poor performance, or mild misbehavior should be awarded benefits. The EDD, not the employer, determines if an employee's conduct constituted or "sunk" to the level of "gross misconduct."
Generally, "gross misconduct" means a willful act that either caused, or could have caused, the employer to suffer significant injury or harm. For example, imagine the employer catches one of its truck-driving employees driving a vehicle while intoxicated. Even though he did not cause an accident, the employee is fired. Most likely the EDD would consider the employee's act gross misconduct warranting a denial of unemployment benefits.
Other examples of gross misconduct might be: 1) selling drugs at the workplace; 2) stealing employer property or money; or 3) assaulting a coworker.
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