Ellis v. Northwest Fruit & Produce
| Decision Date | 03 December 1982 |
| Docket Number | No. 14107,14107 |
| Court | Idaho Supreme Court |
| Parties | Michael D. ELLIS, Claimant-Appellant, v. NORTHWEST FRUIT & PRODUCE, Employer-Respondent, and State of Idaho, Department of Employment, Respondent. |
Jonathan G. Ellison, Lewiston, for claimant-appellant.
David H. Leroy, Atty. Gen., Lynn E. Thomas, Sol. Gen., Carol L. Brassey, Deputy Atty. Gen., Boise, for respondent.
The issue on this appeal is whether the order of the Industrial Commission denying unemployment compensation benefits because the claimant, Ellis, left his employment without "good cause" is supported by the evidence in the record.
The record establishes that the claimant alleged dissatisfaction with his employment for two reasons:
(1) He had not been given the sales job he thought he hired out for;
(2) He had a pre-existing back condition which was aggravated by his working on the loading dock.
After working five weeks under those admittedly undesirable circumstances, Ellis quit his employment one evening without having first ever directly and specifically met with his employer to determine whether the problems could be worked out.
The applicable provision of the Employment Security Law is I.C. § 72-1366(f), which provides:
"Good cause" within the meaning of I.C. § 72-1366(f) is not susceptible of an exact definition. Rather, the meaning of these words must be determined in each case from the facts of that case. Saulls v. Employment Security Agency, 85 Idaho 212, 377 P.2d 789 (1963).
In Burroughs v. Employment Security Agency, 86 Idaho 412, 414, 387 P.2d 473, 474 (1963), this court stated
The Commission concluded that claimant had a reasonable alternative to quitting: he could have discussed his back problem with Lynch, and he could have discussed his dissatisfaction with not being given the sales job. When an employee has viable options available to him, his voluntary termination without exploring those options does not constitute good cause for obtaining...
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