As 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 situati

As 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.