Jones v. BOARD OF REVIEW OF DEPT. OF LABOR

Defendant, Board of Review of the Department of Labor, appeals the trial court’s reversal of the Board of Review’s decision which found plaintiff, John Jones, ineligible for unemployment compensation benefits because of his voluntary termination without good cause. Plaintiff argues that he left with good cause because of unreasonable changes in his employment imposed by his employer.

Jones had been a carpenter for 35 years when he responded to a newspaper advertisement for a carpenter/cabinetmaker for Du Page Community High School District No. 88. He was asked at his interview whether he could…