Unemployment appeal PA! OPINIONS

Did you notify your immediate supervisor or HR at the time of the harassment?

I filed the complaint and then proceeded to inform HR and the regional manager. I couldn't inform the manager in the store that I worked at because he was the one I had filed the complaint against. about three weeks ago after I had filed for unemployment originally and they had started their investigation I had gotten a phone call from a GM from a different storetrying to offer me a position which would require me to relocate which is not an option. also it's been 5 months since everything happened and I inform them and it wasn't until after I file for unemployment that they tried to offer me something else

it's like they're trying to backpedal now to be able to say that they offered me something even if it was 5 months later

So, you didn't say anything to anybody, you just upped & quit, then filed?

Basically. December 31st was my last day in the office, January 1st was New year's Day everything was closed, and January 2nd was the day I filed the formal complaint against him through HR and inform them I wouldn't be returning back to work because of the harassment. in the denial from unemployment unemployment stated that I had a necessary and compelling reason to quit the only reason they were denying me was because my employer stated that they were not informed and if they have been informed they would have offered an alternative. I was able to bring proof to the appeals hearing that I had filed the complaint and informed them that I would not be returning to work due to the harassment at that point in time no one reached out to me to try to resolve the issue asked what was going on or anything. the only time that they've reached out to me was recently 5 months later to try to offer me a position in a different office branch that I would have to relocate to

So no. I didn't just up and quit and not say anything and then file. They didn't even remove me from their system as an employee until February 2nd and they had been informed between Jan 2nd-7th via email and formal complaint as to what was going on

When did the harrassment occur? Did you document it at the time of occurance?

Yes I did. And there were witnesses to it.

But you didn't notify management until Dec 31, when you decided to quit. You didn't give HR any notice there was an issue until after you quit. For Unemployment claims to work correctly, the situation should have been escalated to senior management to allow corrective actions to take place. It seems now, you quit and regret it and now want paid.

Do you by chance work for an unemployment office?

Why haven't you consulted an employment attorney? You may have pretty much damaged your chances by not getting a professional to help push your case in a timely fashion.

Nope.