| Issue: |
Sub-Issue 1: |
Sub-Issue 2: |
Sub-Issue 3: |
| voluntarily leaving employment |
personal reasons |
desire to be closer to family members |
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Summary:
The Commission determined that the claimant had voluntarily left her employment without just cause and imposed an indefinite disqualification under sections 29 and 30 of the Act. The claimant indicated that she decided to leave her employment in Montreal in order to move to Gatineau to be closer to her sister, who was gravely ill. She added that she did not live with her sister but that she lived in the same building. Her sister lived with her spouse. The BOR found that the claimant decided to leave her employment for a personal reason, that is, to be closer to her sister, and that, at the time, she had the alternative of ensuring that she had another permanent employment before leaving the job that she had. The BOR found that the claimant failed to establish just cause for leaving her employment within the neaning of the EIA. There is a consistent line of authority to the effect taht leaving employment for purely personal reasons, such as wanting to be closer to family, does not constutute just cause within the meaning of section 29(c) of the EIA. Consequently, the claimant's appeal is dismissed by the Umpire.
