2. Is this statutory mandatory or discretionary? What causal term in the statute helped you answer this question? The statute for the denial of unemployment benefits would be considered statutory mandatory. The key word in the statue that indicates this is the word “shall”.
3. According to this statute, what are the three ways that a person can be denied unemployment benefits in New Mexico? Must a person do all three things to be disqualified from receiving benefits, or is it enough that they only do one of the listed things? What term in the statute helped you answer this question? According to this statute a person can be disqualified from receiving unemployment benefits if the individual quiet their job without good cause that is directly related to their employment, if the department determines the person was fired or discharged for misconduct in relation to their employment, or if the department determines the individual has failed to apply for suitable and available work when referred or directed to as well as accepting suitable worked when offered. Any number of the previously mentioned can cause the denial of benefits. It does not matter if they meet one or all of the disqualifications. If any of them apply to the individual then they can be disqualified. The key term that indicates and helps to answer this question is the word if at the start of each bullet on the disqualifications list.
4. Are there any exceptions to this statute? If so, which of the three ways of being denied unemployment compensation do the exceptions apply to? There are three exceptions listed that would be considered exceptions to this statue. These exceptions include if a person voluntarily leaves