“Whether an appellant was properly disqualified from receiving unemployment compensation is a mixed question of law and fact.” Roloff v. Comm'r of Dep't of Emp't & Econ. Dev., 668 N.W.2d 12, 14 (Minn.App.2003), review denied (Minn. Nov. 18, 2003). The question of whether an employee was discharged or voluntarily quit is a question of fact.
The determination that a person is ineligible to receive unemployment compensation is a question of law, which this court reviews de novo. Roloff v. Comm'r of Dep't of Employment Econ. Dev., 668 N.W.2d 12, 14 (Minn.App. 2003), review denied (Minn. Nov. 18, 2003). "The unemployment compensation statute is remedial in nature and must be liberally construed to effectuate the public policy set out in Minn. Stat. § 268.03," and we have stated that "this policy urges us to narrowly construe the disqualification provisions."
Id. Whether relator quit for good reason caused by her employer is a question of law that we review de novo. Hein v. Precision Assocs., Inc., 609 N.W.2d 916, 918 (Minn.App. 2000). Whether the ULJ correctly determined that relator is disqualified from receiving unemployment benefits after January 24 is also a question of law that we review de novo. Roloff v. Comm'r of Dep't of Employment Econ. Dev., 668 N.W.2d 12, 14 (Minn.App. 2003), review denied (Minn. Nov. 18, 2003).
The determination that a person is ineligible to receive unemployment compensation is a question of law, which we review de novo. Roloff v. Comm'r of Dep't of Employment Econ. Dev., 668 N.W.2d 12, 14 (Minn.App. 2003), review denied (Minn. Nov. 18, 2003). "The unemployment compensation statute is remedial in nature and must be liberally construed to effectuate the public policy set out in Minn.Stat. § 268.03. . . .