(a) Except as
provided in section
31-236-58
of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, an individual shall be
ineligible for benefits until the individual has earned at least ten times the
individual's benefit rate if the Administrator finds that the individual has
left suitable work voluntarily, as defined in section
31-236-18
of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, and without good cause
attributable to the employer, as defined in section
31-236-19
of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(b) No individual shall be ineligible for
benefits as a result of a voluntary leaving of work under any of the following
circumstances:
(1) where the individual
leaves suitable work for good cause attributable to the employer, including
leaving as a result of changes in conditions created by the individual's
employer;
(2) where the individual
leaves work to care for the individual's spouse, child, or parent with an
illness or disability, as defined in section
31-236(a)(16)
of the Connecticut General Statutes and 31-236-23 of the Regulations of
Connecticut State Agencies;
(3)
where the individual leaves work due to the discontinuance of transportation,
other than the individual's personally owned vehicle, used to get to and from
work, provided no reasonable alternative transportation is available;
(4) where while on layoff from the
individual's regular work the individual accepts other employment and leaves
such other employment when recalled by the individual's former
employer;
(5) where the individual
leaves work which is outside the individual's regular apprenticeable trade to
return to work in the individual's regular apprenticeable trade;
(6) where the individual leaves work solely
by reason of governmental regulation or statute;
(7) where the individual leaves part-time
work to accept full-time work;
(8)
Where the individual leaves work to protect the individual, the individual's
child, the individual's spouse or the individual's parent from becoming or
remaining a victim of domestic violence, as defined in section
17b-112a
of the Connecticut General Statutes, provided such individual has made
reasonable efforts to preserve the employment; and
(9) Where the individual leaves work to
accompany the individual's spouse to a place from which it is impractical for
such individual to commute due to a change in location of the spouse's
employment.
