Brightmine HR & Compliance Center Employment Law Guide 899

Summary

• Author(s): Daniel Daines, Callister Nebeker & McCullough

  This section should be reviewed in conjunction with our in-depth federal coverage of this topic.

  Utah Code § 35A-4-403.

  Disqualification From Benefits

  In general, unemployment benefits will not be paid to employees who:

  • •Voluntarily quit, unless they demonstrate good cause for quitting, such as:
  • •A doctor's advice to quit in order to preserve health;
  • •Quitting due to prohibited discrimination within the workplace; or
  • •Quitting to follow a spouse whose military duties require a transfer to a new location;
  • •Turn down a replacement job without a good reason; or
  • •Are discharged for just cause, or for a deliberate act or omission that was adverse to the employer's rightful interest.

  Not every legitimate cause for discharge justifies a denial of benefits. A just cause discharge must include some fault on the part of the claimant. As a result, a reduction in force is considered a discharge without just cause.

  Generally, if an employee was ...