According to the Mass. Law Reform Institute and Greater Boston Legal Services, individuals who quit their job for one of the following reasons may be eligible for unemployment benefits:

- Domestic violence made it unsafe to continue working
- Your declining health prevented you from working
- You left work to care for a sick family member
- Unsafe or unhealthy working conditions
- A transfer to unsuitable work that was not your choice (a different kind of job that is not right for you)
- A permanent reduction in pay or hours that wasn't your choice
- Unlawful discrimination or harassment, including sexual harrassment, race-related harrassment, or other harassment
- You quit in order to take care of unexpected and urgent problems with the child care arrangements you have been using
(Limited circumstances only)
- You had to quit your job due to loss of transportation access

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