IfI resign due to a medical condition, amI entitled to unemployment benefits?

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IfI resign due to a medical condition, amI entitled to unemployment benefits?

Asked on August 21, 2011 New York

Answers:

M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 12 years ago | Contributor

As a general rule you have to be unemployed through no fault of your own in order to receive unemployment benefits. This means that if you quit your job you are considered to be voluntarily unemployed (i.e. your joblessness is your own fault). Accordingly you are ineligible to receive unemployment benefits. That is unless you quit for "good cause"; in other words there are cases in which you may be found eligible for unemployment even if you quit your job. Typically you are eligible if you quit for a mediclal condition or disability. 
 
You should be aware however these cases are not the norm so you might have to have a special hearing on your claim or you may have to appeal an initial denial.
 
At this point, you need to contact the NY State Department of Labor: http://www.labor.ny.gov/ui/how_to_file_claim.shtm

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