If people were asking you to do things that were illegal would you stay at a job? She lost her last job because the company was in trouble and took the first thing she could that sounded reasonable so she didn't have to collect unemployment. My wife will put up with a lot but asking her to break the law is crossing a line...she got hired within a week of losing her last job, I have no doubt she will find something again right away.
She had no control over losing her other job and it came without warning. So if you were in the same situation you would knowingly do something that could put you in jail for fraud? I'm pretty sure no one on here would...if she reports it the hotel closes then she is out a job anyway. Don't assume people who want to leave a job are lazy...I would rather not go into details about what is going on, but from what I have read if you leave a job for your own personal protection or because they were forcing you to do a job you weren't hired to do, you can still collect.
I've spent most of the last 8 year's being self employed and busting my ass to get where I am today. Never once did we turn to any sort of assistance when work dried up for me...in fact it was never an option. We did what we needed to do to survive...now with a baby and a new house, it's not an option. She admitted to me after the first two days that she thought it was a mistake...now at the end of only her first week she has fully realized what she stepped into. I will spare you the rest of the details since you will probably just assume what you want to anyway, but I will assure you this, quitting is not her first instinct
