Early v. Employment Department

Claimant seeks judicial review of a decision by the Employment Appeals Board (board) that denied her unemployment benefits on the ground that she voluntarily left work without good cause. See ORS 657.176(2)(c) (individuals who voluntarily leave work without good cause are disqualified from receiving unemployment benefits). We conclude that the board erred in determining that claimant had reasonable alternatives to quitting and, therefore, had voluntarily left work without good cause. Accordingly, we reverse and remand.

We take the facts from the board’s findings and from “the undisputed…