Under what circumstances can you quit your job and still be entitled to unemployment?
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Under what circumstances can you quit your job and still be entitled to unemployment?
I worked for this at-will company for 9 years. 6 years ago, I changed my field as visual merchandiser within this company. I have no record of any kind of written warning or wrong doing until this year. They wrote me up because business was terrible, but it wasn’t my work. I have evidence that my senior manager apprised me that my work was great, store looks good. Next thing I know after a event and an executive visit within a month, I got a 1st warning that my styling did not meet expectation and did not meet the business need. Today I just got a final warning unexpectedly and same thing happen.
Asked on July 30, 2011 Massachusetts
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
Typically an employee cannot quit their job and collect unemployment benefits. However, that is the general rule to which there are exceptions. In MA, typically you can voluntarily leave your place of employment and successfully file an unemployment claim for 2 reasons:
- Serious employer-related reasons, called "good cause attributable to the employing unit" (e.g. unsafe working conditions, unsuitable work, discrimination, harassment, etc.), or
- Serious or important personal reasons, called "urgent, compelling or necessitous reasons" (e.g. domestic violence, a medical condition, transportation issues, etc.)
Based on the facts presented you may or may not be eligible to receive unemployment benefits. For further information you can go to: http://www.masslegalhelp.org/employment-unemployment/ui-if-quit
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
Typically an employee cannot quit their job and collect unemployment benefits. However, that is the general rule to which there are exceptions. In MA, typically you can voluntarily leave your place of employment and successfully file an unemployment claim for 2 reasons:
- Serious employer-related reasons, called "good cause attributable to the employing unit" (e.g. unsafe working conditions, unsuitable work, discrimination, harassment, etc.), or
- Serious or important personal reasons, called "urgent, compelling or necessitous reasons" (e.g. domestic violence, a medical condition, transportation issues, etc.)
Based on the facts presented you may or may not be eligible to receive unemployment benefits. For further information you can go to: http://www.masslegalhelp.org/employment-unemployment/ui-if-quit
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