Court Opinion

ID: 9551071
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 18:47:18.235644+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:23:00.585413
License: Public Domain

Hamilton, J.
(concurring in part, dissenting in part)— I concur with the majority in their conclusion that, based upon the legislative history, the words “good cause,” as found in RCW 50.20.050, are not limited to mean those causes which are “attributable to or connected with the claimant’s employment.” I likewise agree that the term “good cause,” as used in the statute, may embrace compelling personal reasons, insofar as such reasons result in involuntary unemployment.
I cannot agree, however, that when an employed wife voluntarily quits steady employment to accompany her *92husband to his voluntarily accepted employment in another community, where employment for her is not available, such termination is for such compelling personal reasons as to render her involuntarily unemployed within the contemplation of the Employment Security Act. The 6-week disqualification found in RCW 50.20.050 applies.
I therefore dissent from the majority’s disposition of the assignment of error directed to conclusion of law No. 3.