MERKEL v. HIP OF NEW JERSEY


240 N.J. Super. 436 (1990)

573 A.2d 517

MONICA MERKEL AND BOARD OF REVIEW, RESPONDENTS, v. HIP OF NEW JERSEY, APPELLANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided May 1, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laurence Reich argued the cause for appellant (Carpenter, Bennett & Morrissey, attorneys; Laurence Reich, of counsel and Jane Andrews Lalli, on the brief).

Michael S. Bokar, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent Board of Review (Robert J. Del Tufo, Attorney General, attorney; Mary C. Jacobson, Deputy Attorney General, of counsel; Michael S. Bokar, on the brief).

No brief was filed on behalf of respondent Merkel.

Before Judges SKILLMAN and FOLLENDER.


The opinion of the court was delivered by SKILLMAN, J.A.D.

The issue presented by this appeal is whether an employee who voluntarily quits a part-time second job and is subsequently involuntarily terminated from her full-time primary job is disqualified from receiving unemployment compensation benefits because she has "left work voluntarily without good cause attributable to such work" within the intent of N.J.S.A. 43:21-5(a). We hold that an employee is not...

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