As regular readers know, I handle numerous unemployment appeals on behalf of persons who have either been denied unemployment benefits on the grounds that they engaged in misconduct or gross misconduct or voluntarily resigned their job. I thought I would simply list a few of my recent cases to give…
Many people who contact me to challenge the denial of their unemployment benefits are pleasantly surprised to learn that even though they’ve been found to have engaged in gross misconduct because they got into an altercation with their supervisor, they may still be entitled to unemployment benefits. The reason is…
Sometimes people come to me and ask whether they can obtain unemployment benefits in Maryland if they voluntarily quit their job. The short answer is, it depends. If you quit for a better job, then you will not qualify for unemployment. The same is true if you quit because your…
The biggest problem that I encounter when potential clients contact me about providing legal advice relating to an unemployment appeal is that people wait too long to contact an attorney. Instead of calling an attorney, such as myself, to assist them when they are initially denied unemployment benefits, or when…
When it comes to areas of Maryland law that are fundamentally flawed, that scream out for statutory revision, that overwhelmingly favor employers, several topics always come to mind: a) overtime laws that do not allow liquidated or punitive damages, b) the complete lack of family and medical leave for employers…