• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Unemployment Benefit Tips

Tips To Collect Unemployment Benefits

  • Home
  • Eligibility
    • Good Cause When You Quit A Job
    • Misconduct When Fired From a Job
    • The Burden of Providing
  • Appeals
    • Sample Appeal Letter
    • Representation
    • Unemployment Appeal Process
  • Benefits Q&As
    • Quitting a Job
    • Being Fired for Misconduct
    • Unemployment Appeal FAQ
    • Weekly Benefits
    • Suitable Work
    • Unemployment for Temp Employees
    • Unemployment Benefits While Going to School
  • Laws
  • Blog
  • Show Search
Hide Search

can a person get fired for refusing to work out of town or out of state?

by Shawn

(PA)

i have a job coming up soon that will require me to stay out of town for a number of weeks. i work construction. this is the first time he has asked us to do work out of state. i have legit reasons why i may not want to go. can i be fired?

Hi Shawn,

It depends. I think it would depend on what the conditions of employment were upon hire. Of course you can be fired, but you’re here to find out if you are fired for .. probably insubordination, if you can collect unemployment benefits.

It would be very helpful if I knew what your “legit reasons” were. How long you’ve worked there, etc. If you have told the employer you can’t do it and why.

Some construction jobs do require travel .. my Dad often had jobs that only enabled him to come home on the weekends once or twice a month, but he took these jobs knowing full well they would require him to be away.

If you take a job which only requires 8 hours a day and then you go home .. and all of a sudden you are expected to spend weeks away from home .. that a substantial change in the conditions of employment.


Filed Under: Questions & Answers

Primary Sidebar

Search

Recent Questions

Worked, wages cut, went to school, dropped out of school

by rick (new york) I was working for a company for 2-3 months before they cut my wages in half. I …

Continue Reading about Worked, wages cut, went to school, dropped out of school

Footer

Copyright © 2025 ยท Unemployment-Tips.com

  • About Me
  • Client Feedback
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Do Not Sell My Information
  • Unsubscribe