My previous job fired the whole staff all within a week for 1 incident. I was lucky enough to already have another job lined up 2 weeks after that. I applied for unemployment during that time period.
I just got a confirmation that I was denied (it’s been 2 months since the incident). Reasoning: falsifying time records & aggravated misconduct.
Let me give context. We were fired after about 6 months of working there. We knew it was coming; they were looking for a reason. On a day we had no supervisor we all came in to open the store at 9. My coworker locked the door and our DM noticed customers coming up to the door on camera and turning around because of the locked door. Did I lock the door? No. I will admit I knew it was locked. The DM texted us saying we needed to unlock the door and do our jobs. I opened the door at 9:45am and were fired the next week all a few days apart for that day. We listed opening time at 9am however the door said 10am and had been like that for all 6 months I worked there.
Unemployment called me and asked questions about that day. I guess my answers disqualified me and my coworkers. It says we falsified time records and committed aggregated misconduct. Do I have any recourse to appeal and possibly get my 2 weeks of unemployment? My state is Pennsylvania.
The job was a terrible job and was hourly + commission. I was a top sales performer and they kept changing the commission structure because we were making pretty big checks that I don’t think they liked paying out.
I’m new to this so any help is appreciated!
TL;DR – I was fired for falsifying time records because a coworker locked the door during business hours. Somehow aggravated misconduct was claimed too. The store opened at 9, but the door said 10. Can I appeal the decision? I’m in PA.