Unemployment

A couple of temporary attorneys have told me they don't apply for unemployment when they're not working; they're afraid the agencies won't try to find them work if they do so.

I'm not sure what to think of that idea but it doesn't seem reasonable; absent a project, I need to pay my bills.

I can't imagine that an agency would deny unemployment; people talk, nobody would want to work for them. Once a contractor applies for unemployment, it's in the agency's best interest to find that person a project. I know at least one person who was tipped off about a project by an agency that had no work for her at the time. It's a win-win situation; contractor gets work, agency doesn't have to deal with unemployment for that person.

Unemployment might not be the worst thing in the world; Your boss can make you sick.