Alston v. Employment Division

Claimant seeks review of a decision of the Employment Appeals Board (EAB) denying him unemployment compensation on the ground that he voluntarily resigned his employment as a Klamath County Deputy Sheriff without good cause. EAB reversed the referee, who had found that petitioner quit because of marital difficulties and that those difficulties constituted good cause. We reverse and remand.

In the summer of 1982, claimant experienced serious marital problems, stemming primarily from his wife’s dissatisfaction with Klamath Falls and her desire to return to Salem. The problems affected his…