Utah Court of Appeals

Can an Employee Collect Unemployment After Giving Two Weeks Notice?

Can employees collect unemployment after they have given their notice to quit? The answer to that question depends on the employer’s conduct. On January 15, 2009, the Utah Court of Appeals in Hughes General Contractors v. DWS held that an employee was eligible to receive unemployment benefits, even though the employee had given his employer […]

Does the Knowledge Requirement for Just Cause in Unemployment Cases Require Knowledge of Potential Discipline

D. Scott Crook - January 10, 2009 - Control, Culpability, Just Cause, Knowledge, Unemployment Compensation, Utah Court of Appeals

In Utah, an applicant for unemployment can be denied unemployment compensation if his termination was for “just cause.” The elements necessary to satisfy that inquiry include whether the employee had knowledge of a workplace standard, whether he or she had control over, among other things, the alleged behavior supporting the termination, and whether he or […]