| Issue: |
Sub-Issue 1: |
Sub-Issue 2: |
Sub-Issue 3: |
| voluntarily leaving employment |
applicability |
workforce reduction |
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Summary:
The Umpire stated that section 51 of the Regulations exists for one specific purpose: by leaving, the employee preserves the employment of a co-worker who would otherwise have been laid off. The facts show that there was no official work force reduction process in place at the time the claimant decided to leave and no evidence was presented to suggest that the employee who filled the claimant's position when she left would otherwise have lost his or her employment. The judge concluded that she did not have just cause for leaving within the meaning of the legislation as she had the alternative of remaining employed.
