Nielsen v. Employment Department

Claimant seeks review of an order of the Employment Appeals Board that denied her unemployment insurance benefits on the ground that she voluntarily left work without good cause. See ORS 657.176(2)(c);1 see also OAR 471-030-0038(4).2 We write to address only one of claimant’s arguments — that the board erred when it adopted an administrative law judge’s (AL J) order concluding that claimant, who left work in part because she was required to work overtime without receiving overtime pay, failed to pursue reasonable alternatives and failed to establish good cause for quitting when she failed to…