What should you do when you receive notice of a layoff? What's the best way of surviving a layoff?
First of all, you should check with your company on the benefits you may be entitled to when you leave.
It's also important to file for unemployment insurance, and to make sure you have all the bases covered, so you can start a job search.
However, to back up a step, there are ways to be prepared for a layoff - before it happens. That's especially important in a difficult economy, because losing a job can happen very unexpectedly and it can happen regardless of how secure you think your job might be.
Here's to prepare, just in case, and how to survive a layoff, if it happens to you, from our About.com career experts.
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Tier 5 Assistance is needed for the Long Term Unemployed. We need more Tiers and/or more weeks added to existing Tiers.
Neither H.R.4691 or H.R.4213 will help the 15 million unemployed who have already exhausted all Tiers.
WE NEED EVERYONE’S HELP to get more Tiers added and/or more weeks added to existing Tiers.
Please keep calling and emailing your congressmen and senators to finish the job.
I suggest increasing existing Tiers to 26 weeks each.
And, those who exhaust all Tiers should be able to get food stamps AND cash assistance even if they don’t have any kids, when applying for public assistance.
Go to the following links and modify your closings as I have or in any way you see fit. It links automatically send emails to Prez, V-Prez, your Senators and Rep.
http://capwiz.com/iamaw/issues/alert/?alertid=14697101
Your Closing:
Increase existing Tiers to 26 weeks each. Sincerely,
http://capwiz.com/iamaw/issues/alert/?alertid=14697026
Your Closing:
And cash assistance for those without kids. Sincerely,
PETITION
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The 99ers need a Tier V added to Unemployment Benefits.
http://www.change.org/actions/view/the_99ers_need_a_tier_v_added_to_unemployment_benefits
http://tier5.webs.com/
Check out the forum section.
This site is for Longer extensions needed.