VL 100.1 Anticipating Discharge

Click on the case numbers below to access eligibility decisions concerning claimants who quit because they anticipated being discharged.

0025 3042 67

0025 3042 67 (Dec. 21, 2018) – A claimant is denied benefits under G.L. c. 151A, § 25(e)(1), because she quit her job voluntarily and without good cause attributable to the employer when she resigned prior to what would have been a disqualifying discharge for lying (or concealing the truth) from the employer regarding the whereabouts of a missing cell phone.

0002 2960 41

0002 2960 41 (Jan. 17, 2014) – Claimant’s resignation in the middle of a disciplinary investigation was not involuntary in anticipation of discharge within the meaning of the Supreme Judicial Court’s decision in Malone-Campagna.  The employer’s investigatory process was incomplete and any discharge for alleged misconduct was not imminent.  The claimant had the burden to prove that her resignation was for good cause attributable to the employer.