If my husband is quitting his job in to move to another state with me due to a job offer I received, is he eligible for unemployment benefits?

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If my husband is quitting his job in to move to another state with me due to a job offer I received, is he eligible for unemployment benefits?

We live in NC and are moving to VT.

Asked on January 31, 2018 under Employment Labor Law, Vermont

Answers:

SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 6 years ago | Contributor

No, he is not eligible for unemployment. A worker can get unemployment when his separation from employment is involuntary: i.e. he is terminated, fired, or laid off. But if he chooses to leave employment, even for very understandable reasons (to follow his spouse when she gets a job offer elsewhere), that is a voluntary separation and he is not entitled to unemployment. Unemployment is when your employer takes away or costs you your job, but his employer is not causing him to quit to go with you.


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