Re: Midrange Computing Closed

Al,
At least you got something - was it reasonable compensation? Here thanks to
the Labour Govt who are changing the rules, you get only 50 pounds a week
for only the first six months unless you have no savings. (After 6 months
you get nothing, and drop out of the unemployment statistics.) That's barely
enough to run the car, let alone paying for food and mortgage and insurance
etc! They also changed how much the company has to pay you when it makes you
redundant - not much these days, though many companies pay more than the
statutory minimum just to be decent.
cheers,
Clare
----- Original Message -----
From: <MacWheel99@aol.com>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2001 8:02 AM
Subject: Re: Midrange Computing Closed


> & if anyone in touch with MC employees, advise them to apply for
Unemployment
> Compensation IMMEDIATELY.
>
> When I was laid off in July 1984 I had high hopes of getting another job
real
> soon but after 2 weeks I realized it could be a long road, so I tooled on
> over to the closest Unemployment Compensation office to apply for my
benefits
> & they were located a goodly distance away because not every town has one.
> There was a good bit of beaurocracy to deal with & it took them 3 weeks to
> start sending me my first benefit checks, so the first one arrived 1 week
> after I landed my next job.
>
> The checks only lasted for 2 weeks, because they go from when you apply to
> when you get your next job, or until the time period runs out.  They do
not
> go from when you lose old job to when you get next job, if that time
period
> falls inside the limitation on how long they can run.
>
> MacWheel99@aol.com (Alister Wm Macintyre) (Al Mac)
>
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