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Can You File for Unemployment Benefits After Signing a Release?

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2.27.17

In a recent article published on Boston.com, Jeff Dretler answers the question, "Can You File for Unemployment Benefits After Signing a Release?"

Dretler explains, “In most circumstances, an individual receiving severance pay is disqualified from receiving unemployment benefits during the period of severance. However, when an employee executes a release of claims as a condition of receiving severance, that disqualification does not apply."

To read the full article, please visit Boston.com.


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