0076 1267 09
0076 1267 09 (Sept. 29, 2023) – Review examiner’s reliance on a hearsay statement in an employment record to reject the employer’s consistent, unrefuted testimony as to the basis for firing the claimant was unreasonable in relation to the evidence presented. The record was produced after the hearing for the limited purpose of showing the claimant’s termination date, and the employer was not offered an opportunity to address the substantive entries. Where the employer discharged the claimant for several instances of no-call, no-show, the claimant’s separation is analyzed under G.L. c. 151A, § 25(e)(1). Lack of transportation may have constituted an urgent, compelling, and necessitous reason for not being able to report for work, but it does not explain why the claimant failed to notify the employer of his absences. Held the claimant is ineligible for benefits.
0070 0585 22
0070 0585 22 (July 14, 2023) – The review examiner reasonably rejected the claimant’s testimony that he was let go for a lack of work and concluded that the claimant resigned. Because the claimant refused to provide evidence of why his license was suspended or explain any efforts he took to try to get his license reinstated so that he could commute to work, he did not show he resigned for urgent, compelling, and necessitous reasons within the meaning of G.L. c. 151A, § 25(e)(1). However, as his job with the employer was part-time employment and he separated from this job during his benefit year, he is only subject to a constructive deduction.
0025 1420 60
0025 1420 60 (June 28, 2019) – Claimant had urgent, compelling, and necessitous reasons to quit, as her car broke down, and she took reasonable steps to preserve when she looked into alternative transportation, but was unable to find a reasonable option.