NOTE:  NCSL cannot provide advice or assistance to military members or spouses regarding unemployment benefits. Your must contact your state department of labor regarding unemployment benefits.

Ark. Stat. Ann. §11-10-513
(not military specific)

No individual shall be disqualified under this section if after making reasonable efforts to preserve his or her job rights he or she left his or her last work: To accompany the individual's spouse because of a change in the location of the spouse's employment that makes it impractical to commute.

Colo. Rev. Stat. §8-73-108

An individual separated from a job shall be given a full award of benefits if any of the following reasons and pertinent conditions related thereto are determined by the division to have existed. The determination of whether or not the separation from employment shall result in a full award of benefits shall be the responsibility of the division. The following reasons shall be considered, along with any other factors that may be pertinent to such determination:

(s) Quitting a job to relocate as a result of the transfer of the individual's spouse to a new place of residence, either within or outside Colorado, from which it is impractical to commute to the place of employment, and upon arrival at the new place of residence, the individual is in all respects available for suitable work. The spouse shall be a member of the United States armed forces who is on active duty as defined in 10 U.S.C. §101 (d)(1), active guard and reserve duty as defined in 10 U.S.C. §101 (d)(6), or active duty pursuant to title 10 or 32 of the United States Code.

(t) Quitting a job to relocate to a new place of residence, either within or outside Colorado, from which it is impractical to commute to the place of employment because the individual's spouse, who was stationed in Colorado, is killed in combat. Upon arrival at the new place of residence, the individual shall be available, in all respects, for suitable work. The individual's spouse shall have been a member of the United States armed forces who was on active duty as defined in 10 U.S.C. §101 (d)(1), active guard and reserve duty as defined in 10 U.S.C. §101 (d)(6), or active duty pursuant to title 10 or 32 of the United States Code.

(u) Separating from a job due to a change in location of the employment of the worker's spouse that necessitates a new place of residence for the worker, either within or outside Colorado, from which it is impractical to commute to the worker's place of employment, and upon arrival at the new place of residence, the individual is in all respects available for suitable work. The director of the division shall adopt rules as necessary to implement and administer this paragraph (u).

Del. Code Ann. tit. 19, §3314
(not military specific) 

An individual, who quits work in order to accompany that individual's spouse to a place from which it is impractical for such individual to commute and due to a change in location of that individual's spouse's employment, will not be considered to have left work voluntarily without good cause attributable to such work. Wage credits earned in such work, if from employment under this title in the employ of any employer liable for assessments under §3348 of this title, shall not constitute employer's benefits wages in connection with §§3349-3356 of this title. Any employer liable for reimbursement payments in lieu of assessments shall reimburse the Unemployment Compensation Fund in accordance with §3345 of this title when an individual becomes eligible for benefits upon separation from a subsequent employer.

An individual, who is discharged from work because the individual has provided notice to that individual's employer of the intent to quit work to accompany that individual's spouse to a place from which it is impractical for such individual to commute and due to a change in location of the individual's spouse's employment, will not be considered to have been discharged from work for good cause attributable to such work. Wage credits earned in such work, if from employment under this title in the employ of any employer liable for assessments under §3348 of this title, shall constitute employer's benefits wages in connection with §§3349-3356 of this title. Any employer liable for reimbursement payments in lieu of assessments shall reimburse the Unemployment Compensation Fund in accordance with §3345 of this title.

Fla. Stat. §443.101 

For benefit years beginning on or after July 1, 2004, an individual is not disqualified under this subsection for voluntarily leaving work to relocate as a result of his or her military-connected spouse's permanent change of station orders, activation orders, or unit deployment orders.

Ind. Code §22-4-15-1
(not military specific) 

The disqualifications provided in this section shall be subject to the following modifications: (7) An individual who, but for the voluntary separation to move to another labor market to join a spouse who had moved to that labor market, shall not be disqualified for that voluntary separation, if the individual is otherwise eligible for benefits. Benefits paid to the spouse whose eligibility is established under this subdivision shall not be charged against the employer from whom the spouse voluntarily separated.

Kan. Stat. Ann. §44-706
2011 Chapter 85 

An individual shall not be disqualified under this subsection if: (4) the spouse of an individual who is a member of the armed forces of the United States who left work because of the voluntary or involuntary transfer of the individual’s spouse from one job to another job, which is for the same employer or for a different employer, at a geographic location which makes it unreasonable for the individual to continue work at the individual’s job;. For the purposes of this provision the term ‘‘armed forces’’ means active duty in the army, navy, marine corps, air force, coast guard or any branch of the military reserves of the United States.

Md. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §8-1001 

(1) A circumstance for voluntarily leaving work is valid only if it is: (iii) caused by the individual leaving employment to follow a spouse if: 1. the spouse: A. serves in the United States military; or  B. is a civilian employee of the military or of a federal agency involved in military operations; and 2. the spouse's employer requires a mandatory transfer to a new location.

Mich. Comp. Laws §421.29 

The leaving does not disqualify the individual if: The individual is the spouse of a full-time member of the United States armed forces, and the leaving is due to the military duty reassignment of that member of the United States armed forces to a different geographic location.

Mont. Code Ann. §39-51-2302 

The individual may not be disqualified for any of the following reasons: (d) The individual leaves employment because of the mandatory military transfer of the individual's spouse. Any benefits paid under this subsection (2)(d) are not chargeable to the employer's account.

Nev. Rev. Stat. §612.551 

If the employer provides evidence within 10 working days after the notice required by subsection 1 was mailed which satisfies the Administrator that the claimant: (b) Was the spouse of an active member of the armed forces of the United States and left his employment because his spouse was transferred to a different location, the administrator shall order that the benefits not be charged against the record for experience rating of the employer.

N.J. Rev. Stat. §43:21-5 

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter (R.S. 43:21-1 et seq.), no otherwise eligible individual shall be denied benefits for any week in which the individual left work voluntarily and without good cause attributable to the work, if the individual left work to accompany his or her spouse who is an active member of the United States armed forces, as defined in N.J.S.38A:1-1(g), to a new place of residence outside the state, due to the armed forces member's transfer to a new assignment in a different geographical location outside the state, and the individual moves to the new place of residence not more than nine months after the spouse is transferred, and upon arrival at the new place of residence the individual was in all respects available for suitable work. No employer's account shall be charged for the payment of benefits to an individual who left work under the circumstances contained in this subsection (k), except that this shall not be construed as relieving the state of New Jersey and any other governmental entity or instrumentality or nonprofit organization electing or required to make payments in lieu of contributions from its responsibility to make all benefit payments otherwise required by law and from being charged for those benefits as otherwise required by law.

N.Y. Labor Law §593
(not military specific) 

A claimant shall not be disqualified from receiving benefits for separation from employment due to any compelling family reason. For purposes of this paragraph, the term "compelling family reason" shall include, but not be limited to, separations related to any of the following: (iii) the need for the individual to accompany such individual's spouse (A) to a place from which it is impractical for such individual to commute and (B) due to a change in location of the spouse's employment.

Okla. Stat. §40-2-405
(not military specific) 

Good cause for voluntarily leaving work under §2-404 of this title may include, among other factors, the following: (4) If the spouse of the claimant was transferred or obtained employment in another city or state, and the family is required to move to the location of that job that is outside of commuting distance from the prior employment of the claimant, and the claimant separates from employment in order to move to the new employment location of the spouse. As used in this paragraph, "commuting distance" means a radius of 50 miles from the prior work location of the claimant.

R.I. Gen. Laws §28-44-17 

No eligibility - An individual who leaves work voluntarily without good cause shall be ineligible for waiting period credit or benefits for the week in which the voluntary quit occurred and until he or she establishes to the satisfaction of the director that he or she has subsequent to that leaving had at least eight weeks of work, and in each of those eight weeks has had earnings of at least 20 times the minimum hourly wage as defined in chapter 12 of this title for performing services in employment for one or more employers subject to chapters 42 – 44 of this title. For the purposes of this section, "voluntarily leaving work without good cause" shall include voluntarily leaving work with an employer to accompany, join or follow his or her spouse in a new locality in connection with the retirement of his or her spouse, or failure by a temporary employee to contact the temporary help agency upon completion of the most recent work assignment to seek additional work unless good cause is shown for that failure; provided, that the temporary help agency gave written notice to the individual that the individual is required to contact the temporary help agency at the completion of the most recent work assignment to seek additional work.

Tex. Labor Code Ann. §204.022 

Benefits computed on benefit wage credits of an employee or former employee may not be charged to the account of an employer if the employee's last separation from the employer's employment before the employee's benefit year: (12) resulted from a move from the area of the employee's employment that: (A) was made with the employee's spouse who is a member of the armed forces of the United States; and (B) resulted from the spouse's permanent change of station of longer than 120 days or a tour of duty of longer than one year.

V.I. Code tit. 24, §304
(not military specific)

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this subsection, an individual may not be disqualified for separating from work under any of the following circumstances: (C) There is a need for the individual to accompany the individual's spouse: (i) to a place from which it is impractical for such individual to commute; (ii) due to change in location of a spouse's employment.

Wash. Rev. Code §50.20.050
(not military specific for claims after September 6, 2009) 

(1) With respect to claims that have an effective date before January 4, 2004: (b) An individual shall not be considered to have left work voluntarily without good cause when: (iii) He or she has left work to relocate for the spouse's employment that is due to an employer-initiated mandatory transfer that is outside the existing labor market area if the claimant remained employed as long as was reasonable prior to the move.

(2) With respect to claims that have an effective date on or after January 4, 2004 and for separations that occur before September 6, 2009: (b) An individual is not disqualified from benefits under (a) of this subsection when: (iii)(A) With respect to claims that have an effective date before July 2, 2006, he or she: (I) Left work to relocate for the spouse's employment that, due to a mandatory military transfer: (1) Is outside the existing labor market area; and (2) is in Washington or another state that, pursuant to statute, does not consider such an individual to have left work voluntarily without good cause; and (II) remained employed as long as was reasonable prior to the move; (B) With respect to claims that have an effective date on or after July 2, 2006, he or she: (I) Left work to relocate for the spouse's employment that, due to a mandatory military transfer, is outside the existing labor market area; and (II) remained employed as long as was reasonable prior to the move.

With respect to separations that occur on or after September 6, 2009: An individual has good cause and is not disqualified from benefits under (a) of this subsection only under the following circumstances: The claimant: (A) Left work to relocate for the employment of a spouse or domestic partner that is outside the existing labor market area; and (B) remained employed as long as was reasonable prior to the move.

Wis. Stat. §108.04
(not military specific) 

Paragraph (a) does not apply if the department determines that the employee’s spouse changed his or her place of employment to a place to which it is impractical to commute and the employee terminated his or her work to accompany the spouse to that place.