Devin Jones v. Mississippi Employment Security Commission

DICKINSON, Presiding Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. After determining that Devin Jones voluntarily quit his job without good cause, the Mississippi Department of Employment Security (MDES) denied his application for unemployment benefits. Because the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) relied solely on an inapplicable provision from the employee handbook in concluding that Jones had voluntarily quit his job, we reverse and remand.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶ 2. Jones worked for T & L Specialty Company (“T & L”) as a product technician beginning on June 18, 2012, and ending on February 4, 2013.…