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Matter of Stearns

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Dec 10, 1998
256 A.D.2d 781 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)

Opinion

December 10, 1998

Appeal from the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board.


Claimant, employed with a temporary employment agency, accepted an assignment with a client to work with Word Perfect and Lotus software packages. When that assignment ended, she opted to continue working two days a week for the same client but was required to learn a new software program. Claimant found the new program difficult to comprehend and was unhappy with her level of proficiency. Thereafter, claimant left her assignment because she felt that she could not meet the client's expectations and the attitudes of her supervisor and co-workers were uncooperative and hostile. It has been held that neither job dissatisfaction, including dissatisfaction with general working conditions ( see, Matter of Aronson [Hudacs], 194 A.D.2d 1046), nor failure to get along with co-workers or a supervisor constitute good cause for leaving employment ( see, Matter of Solano [Sweeney], 234 A.D.2d 845). Under these circumstances, substantial evidence supports the decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board that claimant voluntarily left her employment without good cause, notwithstanding claimant's contention that she was coerced into leaving. Claimant's remaining contentions, including that the terms of her employment were significantly altered, have been reviewed and found to be without merit.

Cardona, P.J., Mercure, Yesawich Jr., Peters and Graffeo, JJ., concur.

Ordered that the decision is affirmed, without costs.


Summaries of

Matter of Stearns

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Dec 10, 1998
256 A.D.2d 781 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)
Case details for

Matter of Stearns

Case Details

Full title:In the MATTER OF the Claim of DONNA L. STEARNS, Appellant. COMMISSIONER OF…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department

Date published: Dec 10, 1998

Citations

256 A.D.2d 781 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998)
681 N.Y.S.2d 633

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