| Issue: |
Sub-Issue 1: |
Sub-Issue 2: |
Sub-Issue 3: |
| voluntarily leaving employment |
just cause |
other employment |
Seasonal Employment |
Summary:
The claimant had a permanent part-time job as a gas station attendant. He was paid $8 an hour for 15 to 20 hours of work per week. He left that job for another seasonal job in construction that guaranteed him 150 hours of work at $18.60 per hour. During his work term at his new job, he accumulated 184 hours of insurable employment between October 8 and November 23, 2007. The Board of Referees concluded that the claimant was justified in leaving his job to accept another one in a field where he could improve his financial situation. According to the FCA, in the Langlois case, reasonable assurance of another job in the immediate future must be assessed in relation to all the circumstances surrounding the claimant's departure. In the case of a seasonal job, the moment at which the voluntary leave occurs and the duration of the seasonal job are the most important circumstances to consider in determining whether the leave was a reasonable solution and therefore justified. This decision reaffirms the fact that a worker's desire to improve his/her financial situation cannot be accepted as a justification for voluntarily leaving the original job.
