I quit due to medical reasons in Florida.

I quit my job of 4 years due to stress causing TIA’s Small Strokes. I have a medical report showing this. Can I file for unemployment compensation?

Hi Anonymous,

If the medical documentation specifies that you should quit the job because of the stress and does not prohibit you from seeking other less stressful work you should be able to collect unemployment.

To collect unemployment in Florida .. you must be able and available for work and if that report from your doctor is saying that it is the stress of that job causing your TIA’s versus work in general .. you should be okay to collect unemployment.

The state may also want to know if you first tried to correct the conditions that were causing the stress by requesting the employer to make accommodations that would remove the stress.

I quit my job due to medical reasons i have deteriorating arthritis in my feet and knees now in my knees is a mild case of osteoarthritis and i have had benign tumors removed from the top of my feet i also have degenertive lumbar disc disease in my lower back my disc are thinning leaving me unable to my job as a security guard my doctor says im 85%disabled from a normal person would i be able to collect unemployment i worked for the company for over 2 years

Hi,

Possibly, if you met all the prerequisite stuff you have to do to prove the voluntary quit was with good cause and you’re still able and available for work according to the restrictions your doctor has documented.

Sincerely, your question is too broad. And I have gone on in the other FAQ’s ad nauseum about the issue of quitting due to health.

What in the this thread where you left a comment instead of asking your own question about your own situation, would you like me to expand on?

Chris

I have a part time job in which I feel need to resign due to disability limits and stress as to which I have been on medicines for high blood pressure,anxiety and depression since 2009. I have tried to continue my job but realized it is too much on me physically and mentally. Do I still have to get written information from my doctor to show my job is too much for me?

Did you read the Florida Statute?

As used in this subsection, the term “good cause” includes only that cause attributable to the employing unit which would compel a reasonable employee to cease working or attributable to the individual’s illness or disability requiring separation from his or her work.

Granted, it’s confusing merely because they use the word “or” however, I’m beginning to think it’s a lost cause to ever explain or convince most employees, even those with the ability to prove a voluntarily quit would of been with good cause, that the burden of proof required by unemployment’s standards because you still can do something to work .. that this forces you to actually PROVE you first exhausted all reasonable recourse to PRESERVE THE EMPLOYMENT first.

The way to do this is to make sure you can prove you gave the employer the opportunity to correct your job requirements to fit within your limitations.

That’s why I’ve typed out the word “documentation” countless times .. to explain how to prove things a lot more easily.

No one at the unemployment department just has to take your word for anything .. because what you verbally convey isn’t itself considered proof. Verbal testimony to the contents of a document is what gives weight that your version of the story is the most credible.

Then, the burden is basically shifted to the employer. It is when an employer refuses to accommodate, as in your case, the mentioned documentation of a medical weight lifting restrictions (which cannot just be a self diagnosed condition, but a documented and real medical restriction) you wind up with the good cause when it’s the employer that starts looking unreasonable for insisting you ignore your own health risks .. to work for them.

This is a general synopsis of how an employee effectively shifts the burden back to the employer and places the fault for you having no choice, but to quit at their feet.

But here’s the thing Anonymous# 2532 .. why doesn’t anyone think to do this .. because wouldn’t a reasonable person try to save their job .. so they can keep on earning .. instead of collecting?

Chris

I have an extremely stressful position (I can not emphasize that enough). I was told yesterday, by a doctor, that I should not be in this position anymore for medical reasons. Due to the department I work in, there is no way to just reduce the stress within my current position; nor is there any other position within the “company” that I could just transfer in to. My next option is to quit.

So my question is this, under the current Florida State Statues, would I possibly be able to receive unemployment?

Thanks

Once again I will stress that to receive unemployment when you quit .. although the reason being important .. it is not as important as exhausting the efforts to preserve the job and shifting that burden of proof back to the employer .. before you quit the job.

This is regardless of what you know or would expect the employer’s response to be.

The point is, you are cutting the natural protest off that you did not give the employer the opportunity to correct or accommodate first .. and then the UI dept. decides whether the cause you brought to the employer’s attention is valid.

Too stressful .. okay. Then look at the situation objectively through the law to see why it requires you to try to preserve.

Being stressed at work is often the case and if that were enough for good cause millions could quit and get benefits.

What makes it an objective decision to quit is the medical documentation presented to the employer and ignored .. that’s when you are forced into making an objective decision about your health.

I have CHF and uncontrollable sinus tachycardia because of this I am unable to work, I already been out 120 days on disability last year, can I resign and be able to collect unemployment.

Is your condition been proven to be related to the work in some way, and has your physician advised you to quit your job? That’s what Florida unemployment will want to see.

But .. there’s a big one in what you told me.

I think I might be counting myself lucky that my employer hasn’t yet terminated by employment as of yet and I’m still able to collect disability and have a job when/if my condition improves, as unemployment isn’t possible to collect unless you’re also able and available to accept a job and work.

That you stated you aren’t able to work, is precisely what makes you unable to meet one of the most important conditional requirements of being A&A for work to collect.

work at the same job 13yrs. due to some medical issue, I had to go from 5days wk to 2days a wk. then down to no days. need time to heal and can’t get any help. I am 57 no spring chicken. don’t want to be homeless or go hungry.

Well, since you are not able to work, any help will have to come from some place other than unemployment benefits. Being able and available to work is a conditional eligibility requirement.

Might you be eligible for disability?

Hi,
I am a truck driver and must maintain a low blood pressure level. However, currently my BP is too high. Therefore, at this time I can not pass as my BP is to high.
Also right now, it is above 140 and makes me vulnerable to stoke or heart attack.
I may or may not be able to do another job, as the stress may cause a more severe health issue, like stroke or heart attack.
I am trying to get some weight off, and a better diet, and exercise, but this will take some time.
Will I be eligible for unemployment insurance here in Florida.

Nope, not if you aren’t able and available to accept suitable work. It’s a condition one must meet to be able to collect regular unemployment insurance benefits in any state if allowed based on the non-monetary cause of separation from a job.

And of course, it’s Florida, so I would be sure to follow whatever Florida’s rules are to maintain an adequate weekly search for a job and log the specifics .. in case Florida audits your job search .. if you are allowed to collect because you quit your job on the advice of a physician.

Of course if you are an independent contractor and not a regular employee of a trucking company .. this whole conversation about FL UIBs, would be a moot point.

Chris