Patricia J. McClain v. Board of Review (080397)(Statewide)

**450 Under New Jersey's Unemployment Compensation Law (UCL or Act), N.J.S.A. 43:21-1 to -71, an employee terminated from employment after working a certain number of weeks is ordinarily entitled to unemployment insurance (UI) benefits. An employee who voluntarily leaves her employment without just cause, however, is not entitled to such benefits. N.J.S.A. 43:21-5(a). The Legislature recognized the inequity facing those employees who served a substantial period with one employer and then voluntarily left for an equal or better opportunity with another employer, only to be terminated shortly…