BR-110763 (3/28/2010)

Decision suggesting either an indefinite or a permanent reduction in hours qualifies as good cause. The Board determined that when an employer unilaterally reduced the claimant’s hours by half, creating a “drastic change in the conditions of the claimant’s employment,” the claimant had good cause attributable to her employer to resign. This was so even though the Board specifically determined as a finding of fact that “the employer expected that the reduction in hours would occur only until the economy improved.”(Emphasis added.) Thus, the fact that the reduction in hours was time-limited did not mean that the claimant did not have good cause to resign based on the reduction in her hours.