Hessler v. Labor & Industrial Relations Commission

ROBERTSON, Chief Justice.

With certain limitations, Section 288.-050.1, RSMo Supp.1992, denies waiting week credit or unemployment benefits to an employee who “has left his work voluntarily without good cause attributable to his work or to his employer.” In this case we consider whether an employee who voluntarily terminates her employment for health reasons without permitting her employer the opportunity to accommodate her health concerns, quits with “good cause.” The Labor and Industrial Relations Commission (“Commission”) affirmed the decision of the referee denying the employee…