Walk It Through: The Quit And The Claim
A move the employer demanded, a claim for benefits, a waiting week, and what counts as good cause.
A store tells its assistant manager to relocate to a branch in another city to keep the job. She refuses and leaves.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
Two claims after two job losses. A labor dispute, a student, a part-time worker and an appeal of a denied claim are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- Good causeThe narrow set of reasons for quitting that do not cost unemployment benefits, such as a certified health hazard or an employer that required moving.
- MisconductFor unemployment, failing to obey orders or do the job, substantial disregard of the employer's interests, willful wrongdoing, or repeated serious carelessness.