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The Unemployment Insurance people are getting weird again. Back when I was working part-time for the legal publisher, they wanted to know why I'd had a week when I didn't claim benefits, followed by one when I did. There's a form to fill out, after which they bother the employer in question to confirm what you tell them.
This time, they're asking why I had a week in which I didn't earn any money, after one in which I earned some but still claimed benefits. Never mind that (a) if I'd been working five days a week, I wouldn't have claimed anything in the first week, even if I'd made $3/day; and (b) the week they're questioning included a national holiday, on a Thursday so many people treated it as a four-day weekend.
I don't mind the five minutes and a stamp it's costing me: I mind that they're going to bother the person I'm working for. You'd think they don't want me working less than full-time.
This time, they're asking why I had a week in which I didn't earn any money, after one in which I earned some but still claimed benefits. Never mind that (a) if I'd been working five days a week, I wouldn't have claimed anything in the first week, even if I'd made $3/day; and (b) the week they're questioning included a national holiday, on a Thursday so many people treated it as a four-day weekend.
I don't mind the five minutes and a stamp it's costing me: I mind that they're going to bother the person I'm working for. You'd think they don't want me working less than full-time.