Hy-Vee, Inc. v. Employment Appeal Board

LARSON, Justice.

The primary issue presented in this unemployment-compensation appeal is whether an employee who quits, citing health problems attributed to an “intolerable working environment” or “detrimental working conditions” must, as a condition to receiving benefits, inform her employer of her intent to quit if the conditions are not improved. The district court and the court of appeals answered in the affirmative, but we disagree.

I. Facts and Prior Proceedings.

Diyonda L. Avant was employed at Hy-Vee, Inc. from October 1998 to January 2003, when she resigned. Avant’s employment with…