I know many of you are concerned about our insurance during this shutdown and if filing for unemployment is something to look at. I encourage employees to go to our NASCOE website to look for updated information. The website is located at www.nascoe.org Here are some things to consider:
Health Insurance - It appears that if we do not have enough money in our pay check, your health insurance provider will bill you for your share of the premium.Lets hope it does not come to this but it sounds like our coverage will continue as long as the premiums are paid.
Unemployment - I have not looked into this personally but I do know of some who have. It is going to be very important that you look into this very soon. It appears the sooner the better and it sounds like your unemployment application should be made within a week of when our furlough started. I am not sure of the website but if you put Minnesota Unemployment into your search engine, you should be able to navigate to a website. You can also make your application on line and it appears that this may be easier than going to your unemployment office. THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT THE SOONER YOU LOOK INTO THIS, THE BETTER OFF YOU MAY BE!
We are into some very uncertain times so I encourage you to review that papers you received at the time of the furlough and look into as many things as possible. We do not have access to our experts so seek out help if needed. I will try to send information out as much as I can to help. It sounds like this may last a while so you will need to explore all financial options to you.
--Kevin Beekman
--MNASCOE President
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