Can you collect unemployment in PA, if you quit your job b/c you are being treated badly?

I'm currently searching for another job that pays the same amount, I will even go slightly less.


I haven't been successful. I work in a machine shop. If I quit my job b/c the "owner" of the company belittles me everytime he walks by, and blames me for other employee's mistakes, and has NO People SKILLS!(i've been walking away for years)


Will I be able to collect, just until I get something else. I've been here for 6 years.

Can you collect unemployment in PA, if you quit your job b/c you are being treated badly?
every unemployment case is judged on it's own merits.


just because you quit a job does not prevent you from consideration.





you would have to be able to prove that you discussed this issue with the owner and tried to come to a resolution.


you will also have to prove that after that discussion you were treated in this manner so as to cause you to quit.


you have to be able to show that this was a hostile work environment and you had no other alternative but to quit the job.


some states will even require medical proof that the stress was unbearable.








the reasons you currently have listed as reasons to quit probably won't get you far at all. if you have six years in, sit down and TALK with the owner about these issues. communication can go a long way to solving most of what you have stated here. there are no risk in talking and the possible rewards far out weight the risk of the unemployment office. give the owner a chance to see the errors of his ways a make a better work place for you and all your co-workers.











as a general rule if you quit you probably won't be able to draw.


the only certain thing about unemployment is nothing is set in stone.
Reply:Though there are extrenuating circumstances, generally, you can only collect unemployment if you were fired or laid off.
Reply:No. You are SOL because you quit.

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