United Parcel Service, Inc. v. Administrator

The central issue in this case is whether, for the purpose of deciding eligibility for unemployment compensation, the wilfulness of an employee’s final act of misconduct depends upon the seriousness of the final incident viewed in isolation or upon the relationship of that final incident to an ongoing pattern of repeated infractions. The defendant administrator of the Unemployment Compensation Act (defendant) awarded compensation benefits to an employee whom the plaintiff, United Parcel Service, Inc., had, terminated for misconduct. The award was reversed by the employment security appeals…