Green v. Employment Division

The central issue involved in this unemployment compensation appeal is whether claimant left his work without good cause. ORS 657.176(2)(c).1

The essential facts are as follows:

Claimant worked for the above mentioned employer as a sheet metal worker for approximately two and one half years until December 22, 1980. His hourly rate was $8 per hour. Claimant received a job offer from another firm and gave his employer two weeks notice that he would be leaving on December 24. The new job was to begin January 5, 1981, and would pay $9 per hour. Claimant reported for work at his old job on December…