Thread regarding Kellogg Co. layoffs

NO.! Kellogg pays into unemployment like any other company!

They have to file and pay into it for every state they have workers!

They really have no recourse once deposited to the state!

Yes, you can "collect' after LDW so Don't screw up and keep your nose clean!

The unemployment office determines your eligibility. Both sides will submit documentation

and then the decision will be made! Since there paying severance over their "regular" payroll schedule

you may not be able to collect until it is all paid out! ALWAYS contact/file with your state unemployment office after your LDW!!! Put your claim on the "docket" and they answer your questions! Please note every state may have not same laws as others!

We are planning to have a lawyer look at it before signing.

By the way, if you're over 40 you are allowed 21 days to sign and 7 days after you sign to change your mind. It's called The Older Workers Benefit Protection Act. Don't let them force you!

Probably a good idea to have a lawyer look it over. I haven't yet, but am planning to. If you do, make sure you mention (as I plan to do) that the contract clearly states that we will be employed as long as we "meet expectations" or better (paragraph 1, I think) but seems to contradict itself in paragraph 8 where they say we can be terminated "with or without cause."

Best thing to do is continue to do the job as though you were not getting canned in a few months: continue to rotate, accurately report your cases and time, etc. Dot your i's and cross your t's. Don't give the SOBs anything even close to an excuse. My father, a retired middle manager with quite a lot of experience in this sort of thing, says your state's labor board would probably take a very, very dim view of Kellogg pulling that sort of crap, but always cover your a--. You have your metrics from past performance and can show that your performance hasn't declined.

I would hope that when the hours start to get scarce, the part-timers would be the first to take the hit, but who knows.

yes you can get unemployment

Unemployment is an application process. Kellogg doesn't have a say on whether you get unemployment or not.

Ohio Jobs and Family Services determines whether someone, who is unemployed, is eligible. If an employee chooses to sign the agreement and after all is said and done and the employee doesn't have a job lined up, the employee should apply for unemployment benefits. Regardless of what you may think or feel about Kellogg and what rights you have, apply for benefits. OJFS will either deny or approve it. Never know until you try.

I notice in the agreement that there was wording about once all severance and bonus paid Kellogg no longer is responsible for any benefits. What I would like to know is that wording including unemployment benefits the wording is not percise