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Unemployment Insurance Advice from HP and HPE alumni members from various pages on this website. WFR/EER. If dealing with possible layoff or considering retirement: Practical advice from HP/HPE alumni who have gone through past cycles -- including action to quietly take now even if not expecting to even if not expecting to leave. No password required. https://www.hpalumni.org/leaving Claim it! You paid for it. "Do not feel badly if you accept unemployment insurance." [HP paid into your state's unemployment fund for many years on your behalf. Only in Alaska, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania are there employee deductions for UI. If you take PRP instead of being WFRed, you do not qualify for unemployment benefits -- because you voluntarily retired.] "Look into claiming for unemployment. Depending on the reason for your departure, you may, surprisingly, be eligible. I was part of the HPE VCTP, but spent much of the last 2 months transferring my role to India. That secured me an unexpected payout from the state (Colorado)" --from "What I wish I had known before layoff, retirement, or leaving" https://www.hpalumni.org/WIHK-2_JobCareer.htm Employer address and phone number. Records are kept at the headquarters office in each country. Instead of using an address from a paystub -- which may be for a building that the company no longer occupies -- members recommend that you use the headquarters address for the country where you worked. - HP (Hewlett-Packard Company, now named HP Inc.) Worldwide Country Headquarters: https://www.hp.com/us-en/contact-hp/ww_office_locs.html [U.S. Admin headquarters is in Texas.] - HPE (Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company) Worldwide Country Headquarters: https://www.hpe.com/us/en/ww-office-locations --from Employment and experience verification https://www.hpalumni.org/verif
Documentation. We hear
regularly from members attempting to reconstruct their
employment-related records. Due to policy changes,
country-to-country variations, reorganizations,
acquisitions, divestitures, and spinoffs, it may be
extremely difficult or impossible for your former employer
to produce this information. --from "ASAP Checklist for people leaving HP or HPE -- layoff, retirement, or otherwise." https://www.hpalumni.org/asap Classification as "retired." If an employee left at 55 or older with at least 10 years of service, or left after 2010 with age-plus-years-of-service of at least 80, or left under an early retirement program -- HP and HPE generally classify the employee as "retired" -- regardless of how they left and whether or not they have any retiree benefits. (HPE also mentions "...or age 55 or older with at least 70 age-plus-service 'points' for equity grants.") This is reported to outside payroll and employment verification services, but doesn't seem to have any negative consequences. Inquiries from state Unemployment Dept. claims examiners go to a specific group in HR, which replies via letter. Over the years, members have reported that HP did not block their UI claims. --from "Which HP-related companies have me classified as a retiree or former employee?" https://www.hpalumni.org/WhichCompany
Resignation. "Don't
resign unless you are willing to give up your severance
payment and unemployment benefits. You may be required to
train your replacement in order to get severance. (BTW, it
is possible to be fired for cause before your last day.)"
How much notice to give on
retirement Early Retirement. If you are applying for unemployment benefits and are questioned because you took an early retirement program to avoid potential layoff, it may be useful to cite news articles about the company. The HP Alumni Association is operated by volunteers. Not officially endorsed or supported. Join HPAA at no charge. (Nov 1, 2023) Question? Email: info@hpalumni.org |
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