A Domestic violence victim who quit her jobs because her attacker sought her out at work may receive unemployment benefits, the Georgia Court of Appeals has ruled.
A ruling June 4 by a panel of three judges said the issue was new for Georgia’s courts. In his opinion for the panel, Judge John Ellington said the decision was consistent with prior unemployment benefits decisions addressing analogous scenarios, as well as the state’s overall policy in favor of paying unemployment benefits when people are unemployed through no fault of their own.
