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This is wildly false. “quit for a good cause” means things like they changed your hours to ones you cannot work or something where you job changed in a way in w
by momokoko 6y ago
This is wildly false. “quit for a good cause” means things like they changed your hours to ones you cannot work or something where you job changed in a way in which you were not capable of performing your job duties. Or things like you were a victim of discrimination or harassment. Leaving for another job is definitely not one of them.
This was specifically about the US. Where you possibly referring to a different country?
- gnopgnip 6y agoGood cause is not limited to those reasons. Leaving for another job is good cause in CA, NY, MA and many other states depending on the specifics. Per https://www.edd.ca.gov/uibdg/Voluntary_Quit_VQ_5.htm https://www.edd.ca.gov/uibdg/Voluntary_Quit_VQ_5.htm on whether a voluntary quit qualifies for unemployment >[T]he quitting must be for such a cause as would reasonably motivate in a similar situation the average able-bodied and qualified worker to give up his or her employment with its certain wage rewards in order to enter the ranks of the . . . unemployed.
- otterley 6y agoAs a practical matter, this means that the employer made working there so harsh and intolerable for the employee that any reasonable person in a similar situation would have quit, too. This is known in the law as "constructive discharge," and if you can make your case to EDD (in California) that you were constructively discharged then you can qualify for unemployment benefits. But if you simply quit your job because you got a better offer, that's a different story, and EDD will likely reject your subsequent application for unemployment benefits.