You may have enough wages in your base period to establish a benefit account; however, the

reason for the separation from your employment could make you ineligible to receive benefits.
Quit: Applicants who quit employment are not eligible unless the quit falls into one of the following
categories:

Good reason caused by the employer (one that would compel an average reasonable worker to
quit).

To accept better employment.

Your serious illness or injury required you to quit, or to care for an immediate family member due
to their illness or disability.

The job was part-time work, and the wages in your base period are from full-time work that was
lost through no fault of your own.

The employment was unsuitable and you quit within the first 30 days of employment.

The employment was unsuitable and you quit to enter full-time reemployment assistance training.

You were notified that you will be laid-off within the next 30 days and you quit before the lay-off
date.

Domestic abuse of you or your minor child required quitting.

Loss of child care with reasonable efforts made to find new child care.

Your spouse's job location changed.

Discharged for employment misconduct: Applicants who are discharged because of employment
misconduct are not eligible to receive unemployment benefit payments. Employment misconduct
means any intentional or negligent conduct that either:

Displays clearly a serious violation of the standards of behavior the employer has the right to
reasonably expect of the employee, or;

Displays clearly a substantial lack of concern for the employment

Examples of discharges that could potentially make an applicant ineligible are:

Continued, unexcused absences and/or tardiness

Using drugs or alcohol on the job

Breaking company rules

Intentional neglect of duties

Insubordination, theft, fighting, or harassment

Examples of discharges that probably won't make an applicant ineligible include:

Absence because of illness or injury with proper notice to the employer

Inability to meet the employer's performance standards

Ordinary errors or accidents not due to carelessness or negligence

Inefficiency

Honest mistakes or omissions

Discharged for aggravated employment misconduct: Applicants discharged for aggravated

employment misconduct are not eligible to receive benefit payment. Wages earned from this
employer will be removed from your benefit account. This may cause your account to have
insufficient wages to be payable. Aggravated employment misconduct is any act that is a gross
misdemeanor or felony if it affected the employment.
Examples of aggravated employment misconduct:

Neglect, abuse or financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult

Theft of more than $500

Assault and battery, arson, sabotage, or embezzlement

Labor Disputes: Applicants who leave employment because they are participating in a strike
or are a member of a striking union at the establishment where they were employed, are not
eligible to receive benefit payment during the strike. Participation includes the failure or
refusal to accept and perform available and customary work at the establishment where they
were employed.
Examples of a labor dispute that could make an applicant ineligible:

Applicant is a member of a striking union, or directly interested in the labor dispute.

Applicant is honoring the picket lines of a different striking union involving their employer.

Exceptions to labor dispute that do not affect eligibility:

Unemployed because of a strike caused by an employer's willful failure to observe the

terms of the safety and health section of a union contract.

Discharged before the start of the strike or labor dispute.

Unemployed because of a lockout.

Laid off due to a strike against the employer (in this case, the applicant is ineligible
through the end of the week in which the strike begins).

If it is determined that you are not eligible to receive benefits because of a job separation, a
determination will be mailed to you explaining the reason. You can be eligible again for payment
during your benefit year by finding new work and earning wages of at least $1,250, and then
become unemployed through no fault of your own. This work must be for an employer who pays into
the unemployment insurance program fund or for a railroad that pays into the railroad
unemployment fund. If you are ineligible due to a labor dispute, you will remain ineligible for as long
as the strike is in progress.