MATTER OF HUGHES


51 A.D.3d 1242 (2008)

858 N.Y.S.2d 805

In the Matter of the Claim of CAROL A. HUGHES, Appellant. COMMISSIONER OF LABOR, Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

Decided May 15, 2008.


In May 2006, claimant resigned from her employment as a collector for a collections agency, citing her belief that the employer was about to reduce the workforce and her need to care for her elderly mother. However, resigning in anticipation of a possible discharge does not constitute good cause for leaving one's employment (see Matter of Gordon [Commissioner of Labor], 46 A.D.3d 1002, 1002 [2007]; Matter of Cole [Horan—...

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