Good cause

The DTA's Child Care Referral form is attached.

This is a redacted Complaint seeking judicial review of the Board of Hearings final action denying the appellant's motion to vacate the dismissal of his appeal. The issue was whether he had good cause for his failure to appear. His counsel, Nancy Lorenz of GBLS, reports that the agency agreed to…

Revised May 27, 2014. This is the revised version.

The Board held that a claimant’s leaving was involuntary where the claimant was experiencing respiratory issues while at work. Her belief that the presence of mold in the workplace was causing these issues was reasonable because the employer’s attempts to repair the leaking roof only…

The Board held claimant’s separation involuntary when her employer required her to decide, months prior to giving birth, that she would need to quit because she believed that she would not be able to afford childcare after giving birth. Though circumstances changed following her prospective…

Guidance on DUA standard for providing equal access to LEP claimants and determining when good cause exists for an LEP claimant to have failed to meet a deadline or requirement. 

A claimant has good cause to quit where an employer demands that the claimant violate safety regulations.

"Board concluded that the claimant quit for good cause attributable to the employer. Preliminary OSHA determinations of safety deficiencies in the workplace were sufficient to support the reasonableness of the claimant’s belief that she was working in unsafe conditions. [Note: The…

Where a claimant was required to undergo an unpaid drug test in violation of wage-and-hour laws, the Board found good cause to quit.

From the introduction to the manual:  "This manual provides basic information for lawyers and advocates on how to use federal disability rights laws to improve access to welfare benefits for people with disabilities."  It does not address litigation issues, instead…

This case involves when an employee has the right to quit a job based on unsafe work conditions. In her original decision--the claimant was pro se at first hearing--the Review Examiner found that the claimant was correct to refuse to do work which involved scooping raw sewage with no protective…

Attached are the recently revised Child Care Referral notices (English and Spanish) and Field Ops Memo 2007-17 (3/26/07).  Under the new procedures, vouchers may be authorized by telephone and fax, but the CCR&R will most likely require therecipient to go to the CCR&R in cases of first…

This memo is informational only to alert TAO staff about additional EEC policy changes which will streamline voucher services for TAFDC recipients.

Sample letters from doctors and other providers verifying good cause reasons for missing work activities.

"Good cause" for late filing. Rule permitting extension of appeal period in case of "good cause," F.R.A.P. Rule 4(a)(5), 28 U.S.C.A., applies both before and after expiration of appeal time. Extension of time for filing notice of appeal was warranted following post office's late delivery of notice…