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Please reference the Terms of Use and the Supplemental Terms for specific information related to your state. Grow Your Legal Practice. Meet the Editors. If you quit a job without good cause, you may not qualify for unemployment benefits. Here are some reasons for quitting that might entitle you to collect unemployment.
Constructive discharge. Most states allow employees to collect unemployment if their work situation had grown so difficult that they were essentially forced to quit for example, if you feel that quitting is the only option because of constant sexual harassment, dangerous working conditions that your employer refuses to remedy, or a manager's demands that you commit an illegal act.
If a reasonable person in that situation would have found the working conditions intolerable, quitting most likely won't make you ineligible for benefits. Legally, constructive discharge is considered a form of wrongful termination, not a voluntary quit. Medical reasons. In many states, an employee who quits because of an illness, injury, or disability may remain eligible for unemployment. Some states require that the medical condition be linked to the job.
In other words, the employee is covered only if the work caused or aggravated the medical condition. Another job. Unemployment benefits if you quit your job Can you get benefits if you quit your job? You may qualify for unemployment benefits if we decide you quit for the following good-cause reasons: You quit to take another job.
You became sick or disabled, or a member of your family became sick, disabled or died, and it was necessary for you to quit work. You moved to be with your spouse or domestic partner whose job is outside your labor market area.
You needed to protect yourself or immediate family members from domestic violence or stalking. Your employer reduced your usual pay or hours of work by 25 percent or more.
Your employer changed the location of your job so your commute is longer or harder. What is a SNAP household or assistance unit? Can I get benefits separately from other people I live with? Who cannot be a separate SNAP household? What if I live with others but I have a disability that makes it difficult to prepare my food? Are there special rules for seniors and persons with disabilities?
What if I am homeless or live in a shelter? What if I am caring for a foster child? What if I am providing adult foster care? What if I am a college student? Who is considered a United States citizen?
Am I eligible if I am a legal immigrant?
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