Losordo v. Department of Employment Security

Claimant Dominic Losordo was employed by the United States Postal Service (employer) on June 2, 1980, as a temporary, or “casual,” employee, at the Burlington, Vermont, Post Office. He was, on the date he commenced employment, and at all times material, a resident of East Middle-bury, Vermont, and traveled daily a total of approximately eighty miles from his home to Burlington and return.

There are several characteristics of casual employment in •the postal service applicable to- all employees having that -status. Under thé employer’s regulations, a casual employee is given a ninety-day…