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BOR - 0012 9792 63

09/18/2015 - BOR (Board of Review) - lock_open
A claimant who stopped accepting work from his part-time benefit year employer with no definite intention to return to work at any point,... Read more

BOR0013684913

06/08/2015 - BOR (Board of Review) - lock_open
BOR reversed RE decision that claimant was not eligible for benefits.  Claimant had been involved in dispute with employer regarding... Read more

BR-1925612 - Issue ID 0002 2340 17 (6/25/2014)

06/25/2014 - BOR (Board of Review) - lock_open
The Board also held that claimant’s decision not to request further unpaid leave after his FMLA leave expired was reasonable on the basis... Read more

BR-703301

06/20/2014 - BOR (Board of Review) - lock_open
Claimant's voluntary quit not for good cause where her employer rescheduled her hours during a time when the claimant could not work,... Read more

BR-988919 - Issue ID 0002 1624 00 (6/19/2014)

06/19/2014 - BOR (Board of Review) - lock_open
Not being able to afford childcare can also make leave involuntary. The Board also held that a claimant’s need to leave work just before... Read more

BR-10151877- Issue ID 0011 5387 80 (6/12/2014)

06/12/2014 - BOR (Board of Review) - lock_open
The Board held that claimant’s decision to retire was involuntary when his employer gave him the option between forced retirement and... Read more

BR-154163

05/23/2014 - BOR (Board of Review) - lock_open
Decision finding review examiner made error in law in not finding for claimant where claimant made efforts to preserve her job, requesting... Read more

BR-1945879 (5/15/14)

05/15/2014 - BOR (Board of Review) - lock_open
Claimant had good cause to restrict her hours of work due to childcare responsibilities, and accepted all suitable work consistent with... Read more

BR-1576384

05/15/2014 - BOR (Board of Review) - lock_open
Leaving work to take care of her elderly, ill father established urgent, compelling and necessitous reasons for leaving work, and claimant... Read more

BR-10127346 - Issue ID 0010 9453 68

05/13/2014 - BOR (Board of Review) - lock_open
Claimant’s need to restrict her availability to part-time due to a documented medical condition is an urgent, compelling, and necessitous... Read more

BR-771609 - Issue ID 0002 3797 42 (5/6/2014)

05/06/2014 - BOR (Board of Review) - lock_open
The Board held that a claimant’s leaving was involuntary where the claimant was experiencing respiratory issues while at work. Her belief... Read more

BR-709900

04/08/2014 - BOR (Board of Review) - lock_open
Claimant entitled to benefits and found to have taken reasonable steps to preserve her job by waiting and asking employer about promise to... Read more

BR-2028524

03/10/2014 - BOR (Board of Review) - lock_open
A claimant terminated for a DUI conviction resulting in loss of his driver’s license that interferes with commuting to work does not leave... Read more

BR-729291

02/21/2014 - BOR (Board of Review) - lock_open
Claimant established urgent, compelling and necessitous reasons for leaving work where he left to move closer to ex-wife who was battling... Read more

BR-671940

02/13/2014 - BOR (Board of Review) - lock_open
Where claimant at time of quit was taking pain medication that impaired her ability to rationally decide about quitting work, review... Read more
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Connolly v. Dir. of the Div. of Unemployment Assistance, 460 Mass. 24 (2011)

06/16/2011 - Supreme Judicial Court - lock_open
The SJC found that a claimant who accepted a Voluntary Separation Package had not been terminated involuntarily even though the employer... Read more

Perez v. Dir. of the Div. of Unemployment Assistance, Boston Mun. Ct., Docket No. CV 004076

06/14/2011 - J Forde, Boston Municipal Ct Dep't of the Tr. Ct. for Civil Business Cen. Div. - lock_open
Finding that a nursing home employee's exposure to unwanted second-hand smoke constituted a non-disqualifying good cause for her leaving... Read more

Lee v. O'Leary

11/01/2006 - Mark Coven, Quincy District Court - lock_open
Claimant had good cause for quitting where payroll policy violated Massachusetts wage laws
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BOR - 0012 9792 63

09/18/2015 - BOR (Board of Review) - lock_open
A claimant who stopped accepting work from his part-time benefit year employer with no definite intention to return to work at any point,... Read more

BOR0013684913

06/08/2015 - BOR (Board of Review) - lock_open
BOR reversed RE decision that claimant was not eligible for benefits.  Claimant had been involved in dispute with employer regarding... Read more

BR-1925612 - Issue ID 0002 2340 17 (6/25/2014)

06/25/2014 - BOR (Board of Review) - lock_open
The Board also held that claimant’s decision not to request further unpaid leave after his FMLA leave expired was reasonable on the basis... Read more

BR-703301

06/20/2014 - BOR (Board of Review) - lock_open
Claimant's voluntary quit not for good cause where her employer rescheduled her hours during a time when the claimant could not work,... Read more

BR-988919 - Issue ID 0002 1624 00 (6/19/2014)

06/19/2014 - BOR (Board of Review) - lock_open
Not being able to afford childcare can also make leave involuntary. The Board also held that a claimant’s need to leave work just before... Read more

BR-10151877- Issue ID 0011 5387 80 (6/12/2014)

06/12/2014 - BOR (Board of Review) - lock_open
The Board held that claimant’s decision to retire was involuntary when his employer gave him the option between forced retirement and... Read more

BR-154163

05/23/2014 - BOR (Board of Review) - lock_open
Decision finding review examiner made error in law in not finding for claimant where claimant made efforts to preserve her job, requesting... Read more

BR-1576384

05/15/2014 - BOR (Board of Review) - lock_open
Leaving work to take care of her elderly, ill father established urgent, compelling and necessitous reasons for leaving work, and claimant... Read more

BR-1945879 (5/15/14)

05/15/2014 - BOR (Board of Review) - lock_open
Claimant had good cause to restrict her hours of work due to childcare responsibilities, and accepted all suitable work consistent with... Read more

BR-10127346 - Issue ID 0010 9453 68

05/13/2014 - BOR (Board of Review) - lock_open
Claimant’s need to restrict her availability to part-time due to a documented medical condition is an urgent, compelling, and necessitous... Read more

BR-771609 - Issue ID 0002 3797 42 (5/6/2014)

05/06/2014 - BOR (Board of Review) - lock_open
The Board held that a claimant’s leaving was involuntary where the claimant was experiencing respiratory issues while at work. Her belief... Read more

BR-709900

04/08/2014 - BOR (Board of Review) - lock_open
Claimant entitled to benefits and found to have taken reasonable steps to preserve her job by waiting and asking employer about promise to... Read more

BR-2028524

03/10/2014 - BOR (Board of Review) - lock_open
A claimant terminated for a DUI conviction resulting in loss of his driver’s license that interferes with commuting to work does not leave... Read more

BR-729291

02/21/2014 - BOR (Board of Review) - lock_open
Claimant established urgent, compelling and necessitous reasons for leaving work where he left to move closer to ex-wife who was battling... Read more

BR-671940

02/13/2014 - BOR (Board of Review) - lock_open
Where claimant at time of quit was taking pain medication that impaired her ability to rationally decide about quitting work, review... Read more