Appeals Court Applies Unemployment to Job-Hopping Mishap
A worker who voluntarily leaves one job on the promise of a better-paying one doesn't lose unemployment benefits if that second job suddenly doesn't pan out, a New Jersey appeals court ruled on Tuesday.
August 29, 2017 at 04:23 PM
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A worker who voluntarily leaves one job on the promise of a better-paying one doesn't lose unemployment benefits if that second job suddenly doesn't pan out, a New Jersey appeals court ruled on Tuesday.
A three-judge Appellate Division panel, in a published decision in McClain v. Board of Review, overturned the state Department of Labor's denial of unemployment benefits to a woman who left her job as a teacher at one private school to take a job at another—but then found herself unemployed after the second school rescinded its offer of employment.
At issue was a recent amendment to the state unemployment compensation statute that says a worker who leaves one job for a better one is eligible for unemployment compensation if that employee is scheduled to begin work at the second job within seven days.
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