Hill v. Department of Employment Security

The claimant resigned from the Town of Stowe police force on January 30, 1981. He appeals a decision of the Vermont Employment Security Board which disqualified him from unemployment compensation benefits on the ground that he “left the employ of his last employing unit voluntarily without good cause attributable to such employing unit.” 21 V.S.A. § 1344(a) (2) (A).

The claimant argues that harassment by the police chief made his work environment intolerable, prompting him to leave, and constituting good cause for this voluntary leaving. To support his theory of harassment, he points to a…