I am a assistant manager of a fast food company and Was accused of looking at emails on the managers computer which i did not do at the time she said i did and it is not a personal email anyway its a work email for all managers to communicate back and forth and for the owners to communicate with us.
Very doubtful you will get benefits if you quit for this reason .. in and of itself it just isn’t good cause.
I know exactly how an employer would protest this .. especially if you were reprimanded for your actions.
This would be the type of reprimand that you need to counter document as to why it is not misconduct according to the company’s policy.