Fox v. Woodbridge Township Board of Education

The majority of the Court would vacate certification in this case. I would not. The key issue here is whether a full-time college student who leaves a job because of his college schedule does so voluntarily and “without good cause attributable to such work.” Although the Appellate Division recognized that “a voluntary leaving of employment in order to go to college comes within this disqualifying category,” it reluctantly affirmed the Board of Review, New Jersey Department of Labor and Industry, stating, “[w]e are unable to say that the clear meaning of the statute is sufficiently…