Have you seen a person win a UIA appeal when they left their job to relocate 200

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   jandjkozposted 12 years ago

   Have you seen a person win a UIA appeal when they left their job to relocate 200 miles with spouse?
   
   I quit my job to move with my husband 200 miles away because of his job transfer.  I was denied my claim and redetermination, based on "no good cause attributable to the employer."  As as side note, my former employer is not disputing my claim.  Is there an argument I can use to help my appeal in front of the ALJ?

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   davenmidtownposted 12 years ago

   Which state did you move from and to where?  If you move because your husband was transferred, then you should be eligible to receive unemployment benefits.  It is unreasonable for a state to demand that you stay behind and abandon a family to preserve a job.

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   jandjkozposted 12 years ago

   We moved from one side of Michigan to the other.  200 miles away.  I wrote my request for a hearing based on it was " a reasonable choice to move with my family."  Michigan seems to be sticking it to me, even though I've never received Unemployment benefits in my life.  I'm just wondering if there is "wording" I should use in front of the Admin. Law Judge.

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   Ralph Deedsposted 12 years ago

   Here's a somewhat analogous case which you could cite in support of your eligibility:
   
   VOLUNTARY LEAVING, Health, Reasonable alternatives, Involuntary leaving
   
   CITE AS: Haynes v Flint Painting, Stripping and Derusting, Genesee Circuit Court, No. 94-32420-AE (August 16, 1995).
   
   Docket No. B93-13254-128491
   
   CIRCUIT COURT HOLDING: "When an individual is caught between a rock (leaving her employment) and a hard place (risking her health), the decision to act one way rather than the other is not a voluntary leaving."
   
   FACTS: Claimant worked for the employer for two years before learning she had breast cancer. The claimant's job involved heavy lifting and extensive manual labor. Claimant requested another position because of the strain on her health. The employer informed  claimant that no alternative position was available. The employer informed the claimant could return to work after completing therapy. The claimant did not return to work and filed a claim for unemployment benefits.
   
   DECISION: The claimant is not disqualified from receiving benefits under Section 29(1)(a).
   
   RATIONALE: In light of the totality of circumstances, claimant acted reasonably when she chose to leave rather than endanger her health. She was not in the position of exercising any reasonable alternatives. Laya v Cebar Construction, 101 Mich App 26 (1980). The court found this matter distinguishable from Watson v Murdock's Food and Wet Goods, 148 Mich App 802 (1986), because the claimant approached the employer and requested alternative work, unlike the claimant in Watson who intended to leave her employment due to complications with her pregnancy. The claimant in the present matter left work after learning that alternative work would not be available. The claimant was "forced from a position that her health would not allow her to perform, and employment which her employer did not take steps to continue."
   
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   Just substitute "family" for "health" as in "the claimant acted reasonably when she chose to leave rather than endanger her FAMILY."
   
   I suggest you print a copy of the Haynes decision summary and bring it to your hearing and give it to the ALJ.
   
   http://www.dleg.state.mi.us/ham/mes/dig … ntents.htm

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