After considering available information, the Department finds that you do not meet the legal requirements for payment of benefits. Because the employment relationship was terminated at your employer's request, the separation is considered a discharge. The reasons for discharge meet the definition of misconduct connected with work. The claimant quit your employment to allow a junior employee to work. The contract or agreement allows such substitutionary layoffs.
Available information shows that the claimant had good cause for leaving work.
You believed the claimant had quit. The claimant quit your employment by refusing another assignment that was immediately available. The claimant's reasons for doing so were compelling. Available information shows that the claimant had good cause for leaving work. You permitted the claimant to resign rather than be discharged.