Mandatory Community Service for the Unemployed?

Republican lawmakers in North Carolina have introduced a bill requiring 5 hours a week of community service for anyone receiving more than 8 weeks of unemployment benefits and 10 hours a week of community service for anyone receiving unemployment benefits for more than a year.

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I am a North Carolina unemployment appeals hearing lawyer and I will help you fight for your benefits in a telephone hearing or an in-person hearing. Feel free to give me a call at (919) 886-5005 or email me at richard.d.allen.esq (at) gmail (dot) com today to discuss your case. All discussions are completely confidential. You can also visit my website at http://www.allenlawnc.com.

North Carolina Cracking Down on Unemployment Benefits Fraud

While North Carolina's unemployment benefits program may not provide households with a large amount of money weekly, the law is clear that you must be unemployed to receive them.

Given the Employment Security Commission's funding issues, it's no surprise that the state would crack down on people who are allegedly drawing unemployment benefits while working on the side.

Three Morganton residents were recently charged with continuing to receive ESC benefits while employed. One is charged with earning over $20,000 working for a temp agency while still receiving ESC benefits.

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Providing false information to the Employment Security Commission is a misdemeanor punishable by a sentence of 45 days in jail. I am a North Carolina unemployment benefits attorney. I also handle criminal matters. If you or a loved one is charged with unemployment benefits fraud in North Carolina, contact me at (919) 886-5005 to discuss your legal options.

Do I Need a Lawyer for My North Carolina Unemployment Appeals Hearing?

North Carolina unemployment appeals hearings are not held in court. They are "quasi-judicial" hearings, which means that they are like trials, but more flexible and less formal. One of the ways that these hearings are less formal than court cases is that both sides - the employer and the ex-employee, now known as the claimant - are allowed to present their side of the story without using a lawyer.

However, don't let the lack of the formality fool you. These hearings have serious consequences. Thousands of dollars in benefits can be at stake.*

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The person who will decide if the claimant receives benefits may be an Appeals Referee, Hearing Officer or Special Deputy Commissioner. These officials are not judges, but act like judges, deciding cases based on North Carolina law and past unemployment appeals decisions.

In order to have the best chance at winning an appeal, a claimant has to know the relevant North Carolina laws and statutes and has to be ready to present his or her evidence in the most favorable way. If you don't feel that you can do this yourself, you should strongly consider hiring a North Carolina unemployment appeals lawyer to present your case as forcefully as possible and to fight for your rights.

If the claimant's former employer hire a lawyer for the hearing, the claimant has yet another reason to hire a lawyer - to make sure that the claimant's case is presented as well as the employer's case and to find the weaknesses in the legal arguments and the evidence presented by the employer.

I am a North Carolina unemployment appeals hearing lawyer and I will help you fight for your benefits in a telephone hearing or an in-person hearing. Feel free to give me a call at (919) 886-5005 or email me at richard.d.allen.esq (at) gmail (dot) com today to discuss your case. All discussions are completely confidential. You can also visit my website at http://www.allenlawnc.com.

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*If a claimant loses at an appeals hearing, the claimant may then appeal his or her case to the full Employment Security Commission and then to a North Carolina superior court, but the legal costs of such appeals are often greater than claimants can afford. It is best to fight hard for benefits from the very first appeals hearing.