Relator applied for reemployment benefits but was disqualified on the basis that she quit her employment without good reason attributable to her employer. Relator appealed this decision to the commissioner's representative. When reviewing a decision by the commissioner's representative, we are to use a narrow standard of review and to accept findings of fact if the evidence reasonably tends to sustain them. White v. Metropolitan Med. Generally, a claimant who quits employment is disqualified from receiving benefits unless the claimant quit with good reason caused by the employer.
Good reason includes sexual harassment.
Id. at subd. In order to show good reason caused by the employer for quitting, the claimant must have informed the employer of the unsatisfactory working conditions and must have given the employer a reasonable chance to correct the situation. Whether an employee quit without good reason attributable to the employer is a question of law. Relator is not able to establish that she quit with good reason because she failed to inform her employer of the situation and to give her employer an opportunity to correct the problem before she left her employment. Thus, she is disqualified from receiving reemployment benefits under Minn. Stat.