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What you're talking about is called constructive dismissal, which is when rather than firing you an employer changes the nature of your job to make it impossible or intolerable to fulfill, waits for you to either quit or fail to meet the new conditions and get fired for cause, then can avoid paying unemployment. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructive_dismissal#United_...
> “…then can avoid paying unemployment.” I don’t think this is true. Failure to meet your firm’s work standards is not disqualifying. I think it has to be criminal behavior, such as theft. And voluntary leaving a job.
One thing I learned in researching this is that constructive dismissal only applies where the employee has resigned rather than being terminated. It's not a non-voluntary resignation, it's a voluntary resignation that is coerced and is therefore an exception to the unemployment laws that would normally disqualify you for resigning voluntarily.