Adjunct Unemployment Benefits Have A Reason

Adjunct unemployment benefits are available for a reason. However, most adjunct unemployment benefit applicants do not know the reason. In Cervisi v. California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board (1989) 208 Cal.App.3ed 635 the court determined that if if an adjunct is required to sign a form stating that the adjunct has “reasonable assurance” of re-employment (such a form is known as a “yellow dog” contract) the form is worthless because there are simply too many possible circumstances that will prevent an adjunct being re-employed by the college or university.

Adjunct Unemployment Benefits Denial

It is entirely possible that an adjunct’s application for unemployment benefits could be denied by the by the governmental agency responsible for determining an adjunct eligibility for unemployment benefits. If an adjunct is denied unemployment benefits, he or she has the right to appeal the decision. However, do not delay appealing the denial because any delay could extend the time an adjunct does not receive unemployment benefits.

Help for Adjunct Unemployment Benefits

California Part-time Faculty Association member Margaret Quan has provided a boilerplate response for any adjunct denied unemployment benefits.

Any adjunct applying for unemployment benefits is well advised to visit The CPFA Forum’s page on Unemployment Entitlements.

A Personal Note from This Blog’s Adjunct Author

The information concerning adjunct unemployment benefits in this blog is strictly for educational purposes. There is no legal advice in this blog.

There are few things more irritating than an adjunct ignorant of the very economic tools available to help him or her survive the adjunctification of the academy. The first time the author of this blog, and adjunct, needed to apply for unemployment benefits he first asked the two senior faculty members in his department. Neither tenured professor had a clue. This author was left to his own devices, which, as it turned out, were quite enough to navigate the information of the Internet concerning adjunct unemployment benefits. The author of this blog sincerely hopes every adjunct takes his or her financial circumstance into his or her own hands; there is no point expecting assistance from the colleges and universities in this matter.