Unemployment

Non-Senate Faculty are eligible to collect unemployment during breaks between quarters or semesters, and summer break, unless they have "reasonable assurance" of a job when classes resume.  Any written promise of employment that is subject to cancellation due to low enrollment or for any other reasons is not "reasonable assurance."  A long court battle resulted in the precedent setting Cervisi decision in 1989, which held that an assignment that is contingent on enrollment, funding, or other program changes is not a reasonable assurance of employment, and therefore benefits cannot be denied for that reason.  For details information on your rights to unemployment insurance, and the application process, including a sample letter, check out the links below fro  two of our sister organizations for faculty in the CSU and  California Community Colleges.

http://www.cpfa.org/unemployment.html

http://www.calfac.org/unemployment.html

http://www.cpfa.org/bezemek.html