Quit to volunteer voids unemployment comp
A lawyer who quit his job with a temporary lawyer placement firm to volunteer with a District Attorney in hopes of getting a better job is not entitled to unemployment compensation payments, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania has held. Affirming a decision of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, the Court said the lawyer did not have “a necessitous and compelling reason” for quitting the paid position.
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