Is an employee rendered ineligible for unemployment benefits if, in the face of continuing harassment and threatened dismissal in retaliation for her union activities and "whistle blowing" to public authorities, she quits her job rather than wait to be fired? We hold that an employee who quits under such circumstances has "good cause" for doing so within the meaning of Unemployment Insurance Code section 1256,
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SANCHEZ v. UNEMPLOYMENT INS. APPEALS BD.
Docket No. L.A. 31809.
36 Cal.3d 575 (1984)
685 P.2d 61
205 Cal. Rptr. 501
ERADONNA SANCHEZ et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE APPEALS BOARD, Defendant and Respondent; TRIBAL AMERICAN CONSULTING CORPORATION, Real Party in Interest and Respondent.
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August 23, 1984.
August 23, 1984.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Rees Lloyd for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Thomas E. Warriner, Assistant Attorney General, Anne S. Pressman and Richard J. Magasin, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendant and Respondent.
No appearance for Real Party in Interest and Respondent.
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