Legal Opinion
Green v. District of Columbia Department of Employment Services
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 21, 1985No. 84-1364PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BELSON, Associate Judge:
Petitioner seeks review of the decision of the District of Columbia Department of Employment Services (DOES) disqualifying him from receiving unemployment compensation on the ground that he had left his most recent work voluntarily without good cause connected with the work. D.C.Code § 46-lll(a) (1984 Supp.). The record bears out petitioner’s assertion that DOES misal-located to him the burden of proof on the question of the voluntariness of his leaving. We rule that the burden of proving voluntariness, in cases where the issue is disputed, resides with the employer,…
2Cases cited73 opinions
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3Cited by48 opinions
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