Legal Question in Employment Law in California
Quitting due to Good Cause?
I have worked with a firm for 3+ years and I am on an engagement that requires heavy traveling (go home every 2 weeks until the end of August, and highly likely it will be extended and no one really knows for sure when it will end). This is a new client with new travel arrangement, totally different than other clients I worked on before.
This kind of travel arrangement is having an impact on my personal life (lack of family time, impact on relationship with spouse, impact on my education plan, and the traveling is starting to have pressure on myself (both physically and mentally)).
I am in the process of working with my employer to see if I can take either a leave of absence or Sabbatical for the upcoming 4 months, or be pulled from the current engagement into another more local engagement. It is highly likely that they will say No, but still TBD.
Given the current economy, I am willing to work with the employer to reach a common consensus on the work arrangement. But if things don't work out and I really need to quit, have I done my part in order to preserve the employment relationship? Will the reasons to quit (heavy travel having impact on my life) be considered as good cause? Will I be able to claim for UI?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Quitting due to Good Cause?
Getting UI will require you show 'compelling' cause, and is seldom granted in a 'quit'. Take that into consideration before doing so. See if they will agree to lay you off. If you file for UI and it is denied, despite you documenting your good cause, then feel free to contact me for representation at the appeal hearing, if this is in SoCal.
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