Do you think that I would be eligible for unemployment if I quit for the following reason?

Probably not. You can sit there and do next to nothing and make an hourly wage.

If your boss isn't also the owner I would complain to the owner because it is costing them money as well.

All states have at will employment doctrines.

Let's see =

- right now, you can't do your job because you don't have supplies - so you are making ZERO money.

- you can pay for the supplies yourself and GUESS WHAT you can make "some money" and since nothing you want is very expensive, even after you pay for the supplies yourself you will have more than if you didn't do the service at all.

Additionally, if you purchase enough supplies, you can claim them as a tax deduction.

No, you aren't eligible for unemployment based on this reason. If you don't do the services you still have a job available to you.

I was under the impression you needed to be fired to collect unemployment, not quit. And if it'll help you keep the job, and add a little more money into your pocket, you can claim these expenses on your taxes.

But I will agree that it's terrible if the employer doesn't provide the necessary items for you to do your job. If it wasn't your job on the line for it, I would just stop buying the products and let the business suffer so that the manager finally gets the point.

I don't know how to get unemployment. When my employers don't provide something I need, I pay for it out of pocket, because it helps me in the long run to have these things. Sometimes they reimburse me, and that's nice. I really don't like the at-will laws, because it's a way to discourage unionization and take advantage of workers.

I recommend Sally's Beauty Supply.

Dove Rizzle, I would look at your state's unemployment website and give them a call they have offices where you could walk in and inquire. Perhaps a written e-mail correspondence as a paper trail with your employer wouldn't be a bad idea.

No, not likely.