Statutes deny benefits when claimant has voluntarily quit without good cause, meaning that claimant at least “impliedly rejects the employment and the employer by some action such as failing to provide notification of the absence.” Notification of absence occurred when claimant informed a supervisor of illness with COVID-19, and the record shows no other requirement, only repeated attempts by claimant to return to work. “[T]he overwhelming weight of the evidence in the record is that [c]laimant is unemployed through no fault of his own.” Remanded to award benefits.
George Chavis, Appellant, v. Wal-Mart Associates, Inc., and Division of Employment Security, Respondents.
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Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District – ED110016
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