Lewis v. Director, Employment Security Department

Wendell L. Griffen, Judge.

Jimmy Lewis appeals from the order of the Arkansas Board of Review in which the Board denied him unemployment benefits, finding that he voluntarily left his job without good cause. Appellant argues that he left his job for good cause because his employer, Ace Hardware Corporation (Ace), discriminated against him in regularly reassigning him to a lesser-paying position that could be filled by other employees with equal or less seniority. We agree and reverse and remand to the Board for an award of benefits.

Appellant began working for Ace in 1984. Ace’s employees are…