Seymour v. Department of Employment Security

The claimant, a youthful employee, was denied unemployment compensation on the ground that he left his employment voluntarily without good cause attributable to his employer. 21 V.S.A. § 1344(a)(2)(A).

The Board concluded that the employer, to the claimant’s detriment, breached an agreement to provide transportation to work sites in New York. It further concluded, however, that the claimant had waived the breach by electing to use his own car and then by not objecting to the substantial change in the agreement during the four week period of his employment. We cannot agree and, accordingly,…