Workers right to unemployment benefits so long as the employee was not terminated for cause
Unemployment insurance is not unlike your auto or home insurance – except that your employer (not you) pays the insurance premiums to a state agency that makes payments to you should you lose your job.
The amount you receive depends on how much you were making before you lost your job. You might be able to receive payments for up to 26 weeks, as long as you try to find a new job during that time. To avoid higher premiums, your employer may challenge your right to receive unemployment benefits by claiming you were working as an independent contractor rather than an employee.
