In a discharge, the employer initiates the separation and therefore has the burden to prove there was just cause for discharging the claimant. The failure of the employer to provide information will not necessarily result in a ruling favorable to the claimant. Interested parties have the right to rebut information contrary to their interests.

KEY: unemployment compensation, employment, employee's rights, employee terminations

Date of Last Change: June 21, 2017

Notice of Continuation: March 22, 2023

Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 35A-4-502(1)(b); 35A-1-104(4); 35A-4-405

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