If I had to quit my job to re-locate with my husband, what should I put as the reason when filing for unemployment?
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If I had to quit my job to re-locate with my husband, what should I put as the reason when filing for unemployment?
My husband couldn’t find work in TX, so we had to move to MO. I had to leave my job due to this. My pay could not sustain us alone. Someone in HR dept. told me I could file for unemployment and it wouldn’t hurt the company because I had to move. When I filed for unemployment they denied me stating” REASON FOR DECISION: Our investigation found that you did not receive wages in lieu of notice from your last employer. What does this mean? And should I appeal? Did I use the wrong terms when I filed? Does this make me a “Displaced Worker”?
Asked on July 21, 2011 Texas
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
Unfortunately, you are not a displaced worker, and you are not eligible for unemployment compensation. Unemployment compensation is only available for involuntary (and not for cause) separation from a job: being terminated other than for cause, layoffs, restructuring, "right sizing," etc. If you choose to leave the job, even if it's for the best, most understandable reason--e.g. to follow a spouse's career or job opportunities; to move to a less costly venue; etc.--then you are not able to receive unemployment compensation. The decision to leave, in these cases, even if a decisions anyone would make, is still your own; you chose to leave your employment, and that makes you ineligible.
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