Utah Court of Appeals: An Employee Who Requested to Rescind Resignation Still Considered to Have Quit Without Good Cause

In Issa v. DWS, the Utah Court of Appeals affirmed the decision of the Workforce Appeals Board which denied unemployment benefits to an employee who attempted to rescind his resignation.  The employee had resigned his employment after he was told he would be suspended for three days while the company investigated a second customer complaint.  Rather than accept the suspension, the employee told his employer that he was quitting.  Two days later, the employee told his employer that he had changed his mind, but the employer refused to accept the rescission and told him that it had accepted his resignation.  The employee argued that such a situation did not constitute quitting without good cause.  The Board disagreed and the Utah Court of Appeals upheld the decision of the Board.