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Key Decisions - Voluntary Leaving

Find links to key Board of Review decisions about whether workers are eligible for unemployment benefits after they quit a job.

The Board of Review has selected these decisions because, in the Board’s opinion, they contain significant issues, create new precedent, or may help parties and their representatives better understand aspects of the Massachusetts unemployment law. Additional key decisions will be posted here on an on-going basis. For privacy reasons, identifying information has been removed.

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VL 100.00 Generally  VL 200.00 Abandonment  VL 300.00 Good Cause Attributable to the Employer  VL 400.00 Legal Impediment to Working   VL 500.00 To Accept New F.T. Employment  VL 600.00 Urgent, Compelling, and Necessitous  VL 700.00 Voluntary Separation Package  VL 800.00 Temporary Help Firm  VL 900.00 Domestic Violence 

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