Scott County Reorganized School District R-6 v. Labor & Industrial Relations Commission

FLANIGAN, Judge.

Is a substitute school teacher, hired by a school district to work “as needed” during the school year, entitled to unemployment benefits under the Missouri Employment Security Law, § 288.010, et seq.,1 on the basis of being “partially unemployed,” § 288.060.3, during a four-week period in which he taught only six days?

The Labor and Industrial Relations Commission answered the question in the affirmative. The circuit court, on appeal by the school district, reversed the decision of the commission and held that the teacher was not eligible for benefits. The commission appeals.…