Legal Opinion
Larry v. National Rehabilitation Hospital
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 11, 2009No. 07-AA-1225PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEADMAN, Senior Judge:
Petitioner, Sharion R. Larry, appeals the determination by the Office of Administrative Hearings (“OAH”) that she is ineligible for unemployment compensation benefits on account of absenteeism that constituted “gross misconduct.” The administrative law judge (“ALJ”) failed to make a finding about the veracity of Larry’s explanation for her absenteeism on the day that led to the discharge, apparently because of the employer’s “no fault policy” relating to absenteeism. Such a finding was essential to a determination that Larry’s absence was willful or deliberate, a…
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