In re the Claim of Hughes

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed February 16, 2007, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because she voluntarily left her employment without good cause.

In May 2006, claimant resigned from her employment as a collector for a collections agency, citing her belief that the employer was about to reduce the workforce and her need to care for her elderly mother. However, resigning in anticipation of a possible discharge does not constitute good cause for leaving one’s employment (see Matter of Gordon…