Question by Melissa S: Oklahoma Employment Commission Benefits?
I was terminated for not showing up for work. I was a supervisor/juvenile detention officer and was battling a drug addiction to prescription pills after a long medical history of chronic pain. I was attempting to detox myself and was not having any success. I have just left the rehab program 3 months later. My finances are in ruin as my husband depended on my income to make ends meet. I have been home two weeks and no job yet, mostly because we live in a tiny town where rumors tend to fly and being that I am fresh from rehab and no one knew I had a problem. Is there any hope in me receiving unemployment benefits until I can find a job? Is it worth my time? What are the laws about this?    Read more...