Court Opinion

ID: 9884462
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-10-06 02:58:10.106366+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:39:06.113756
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SHORT, Judge
(dissenting).
I respectfully dissent. Minn.Stat. § 268.09, subd. 1 (1988) requires disqualification of the relator from receiving unemployment compensation benefits because he voluntarily discontinued his employment with H.M. Smyth Co., Inc. The legislature has provided certain specific exceptions to those disqualifying conditions. Anticipation of a layoff is not listed in the statute. Exceptions expressed in law shall be construed to exclude all others. Minn.Stat. § 645.19 (1988). It is not our role to create an additional exception for an employee who quits two days before a layoff.
Since the relator did not quit his job with good cause attributable to his employer, I would affirm the decision of the commissioner’s representative.