In re the Claim of Powers

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed March 7, 1995, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because she voluntarily left her employment without good cause.

Claimant left her job as a sales clerk at a retail store to move to Connecticut where she found lower-cost housing. After a hearing, the Board denied her application for unemployment insurance benefits on the basis that she voluntarily left her employment without good cause. Claimant appeals, arguing, inter alia, that she left her job out of financial…