Summary of Issue: Overlooked For Promotion

Decision A0381.10 Full Text of Decision A0381.10

The claimant was an operator at a daycare centre. She went on vacation and before she returned, she received a call from her supervisor who advised that another person with less experience was taking over as "operations manager". The claimant left her employment without seeking a transfer in another daycare and without seeking alternative employment. According to the FCA, the question of "just cause" for leaving employment requires an examination of "whether having regard to all the circumstances, on a balance of probabilities, the claimant had no reasonable alternative to leaving the employment". The FCA reiterated the principle that there is an obligation on claimants, in most cases, to attempt to resolve workplace conflicts with their employer, or to demonstrate efforts to seek alternative employment before taking a unilateral decision to quit a job.

Decision 63883 Full Text of Decision 63883

The Umpire stated that being overlooked for a promotion does not constitute just cause for leaving one's employment. A claimant must show there was no reasonable alternative to doing so.