Unemployment Benefits - Fitting Voluntary Quits to Take a Better Job into the Scheme of Unemployment Benefits - Nuss v. Sorenson
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Authors
Callahan, Davonvolynn D.
Issue Date
1986
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19
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Journal Article
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INTRODUCTION|Unemployment is a subject of great social concern. Legislatures have taken action to "prevent its spread and to lighten its burden which so often falls with crushing force upon the unemployed worker and his family, to the detriment of the welfare of the people of [the] state." Security is provided through the unemployment compensation system. The system encourages employers to provide more stable employment. If a worker's unemployment is caused by the employer, the employer is required to provide unemployment benefits out of funds that are accumulated through the taxation of payrolls. The unemployment compensation statutes which have been enacted "embody the philosophy that compensation should be given only to those who are unemployed by virtue of some involuntary circumstance." A problem exists when an employee is forced to quit his job for economic or personal reasons. These "quits" may be out of necessity, though voluntary. An example is the case of an employee who quits a low-paying job in order to take a better-paying position. In some states, a "quit" under these particular circumstances is not for "good cause," resulting in total or partial disqualification of...
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19 Creighton L. Rev. 567 (1985-1986)
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Creighton University School of Law