- Workers can collect unemployment benefits even after refusing work or quitting a job, if it’s for “good cause.”
- The CARES Act expanded these opportunities for Americans in instances related to Covid-19 — for health, safety or child-care reasons, for example.
- Some states may be more lenient than others as they begin reopening their economies, experts said.
The ability to quit or refuse a job and continue getting unemployment benefits has been in play in the era of the coronavirus pandemic.
While workers are able to do this in certain cases even in normal times, a federal relief package enacted in March offers more leeway.
Greg Iacurci | CNBC