What constitutes good cause to quityour job and still be eligible to collect unemployment?
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What constitutes good cause to quityour job and still be eligible to collect unemployment?
I am quitting my job. I have what I believe to be good cause. My pay was cut by 5% last year and I have not received a raise in 5 years (not even a cost of living raise). I commute over 90 a miles a day and my son will be starting 1st grade this year. I will need to be at his bus stop when he comes off it from school. Working 45+ miles I would never make it back in time to meet him. I have found a find a part-time job (32 hours) but I would like to collect unemployment as well until I find something that is full-time.
Asked on August 15, 2011 New Hampshire
Answers:
M.T.G., Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
Okay I would speak with an unemployment attorney in your state to cover yourself here as local laws may have an effect on this response. Generally speaking, you need to be unemployed through "no fault of your own" and have not been let go "for cause." Cause is something like stealing from the company. "No fault of your own" can also come under this type of situation but quitting without a reason that could be legally upheld - like harassment - generally means you can not collect unemployment. Please speak with someone here. I do not think that the facts as you have presented them will allow you to collect. Good luck to you.
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