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"""Don't quit your job before you read this book."" The Covid-19 pandemic thrust millions of workers into the complex unemployment benefits system; however, detailed, easy-to-understand information about how the system works has been unavailable-until now. This one-of-a-kind book reveals everything you need to know through the stories of workers, from architects to zoologists, who have been there and done that. Learn the requirements to qualify for benefits. Learn how to estimate your potential benefit amount. Learn the pitfalls to avoid losing your benefits- And so much more!"

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"Brenda Christian is a retired lawyer who spent more than a decade working for the Texas Workforce Commission. Here she assisted people with the often-confusing pathway to obtain unemployment benefits. Her experience taught her that benefit eligibility is often misunderstood by workers. Her aim with the book ""Jobless"" is to provide much-needed help to those navigating unemployment benefits in a pandemic economy. This book gives you everything you need to know about these benefits in an engaging narrative nonfiction story that takes you straight into the fascinating cases at one unemployment claims processing center and the daily drama that occurs both in and out of the office. Brenda Christian received a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from the University of Houston. She studied law at Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, England, and received her Juris Doctorate degree from the Southern Methodist University School of Law. She served as an Assistant District Attorney in Dallas, Texas, and is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority."

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