Section 31-236-17 - Voluntary leaving-general(a) Except as provided in section 31-236-58 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, an individual shall be ineligible for benefits until the individual has earned at least ten times the individual's benefit rate if the Administrator finds that the individual has left suitable work voluntarily, as defined in section 31-236-18 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, and without good cause attributable to the employer, as defined in section 31-236-19 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.(b) No individual shall be ineligible for benefits as a result of a voluntary leaving of work under any of the following circumstances: (1) where the individual leaves suitable work for good cause attributable to the employer, including leaving as a result of changes in conditions created by the individual's employer;(2) where the individual leaves work to care for the individual's spouse, child, or parent with an illness or disability, as defined in section 31-236(a)(16) of the Connecticut General Statutes and 31-236-23 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies;(3) where the individual leaves work due to the discontinuance of transportation, other than the individual's personally owned vehicle, used to get to and from work, provided no reasonable alternative transportation is available;(4) where while on layoff from the individual's regular work the individual accepts other employment and leaves such other employment when recalled by the individual's former employer;(5) where the individual leaves work which is outside the individual's regular apprenticeable trade to return to work in the individual's regular apprenticeable trade;(6) where the individual leaves work solely by reason of governmental regulation or statute;(7) where the individual leaves part-time work to accept full-time work;(8) Where the individual leaves work to protect the individual, the individual's child, the individual's spouse or the individual's parent from becoming or remaining a victim of domestic violence, as defined in section 17b-112a of the Connecticut General Statutes, provided such individual has made reasonable efforts to preserve the employment; and(9) Where the individual leaves work to accompany the individual's spouse to a place from which it is impractical for such individual to commute due to a change in location of the spouse's employment.Conn. Agencies Regs. § 31-236-17
Effective June 24, 1986; Amended July 28, 1997; Amended April 3, 2001; Amended November 9, 2010