Valley Vendors, Inc. v. Jamieson

OPINION

YALE McFATE, Judge

(Retired).

Appellant-employer Valley Vendors, Inc. contests on appeal the ruling of the superior court upholding a decision of the appeals tribunal of the Arizona Department of Economic Security allowing unemployment benefits to claimant Michael Cunning following the termination of claimant’s employment with appellant. The question on appeal involves the propriety and effect vis-a-vis unemployment benefits of ordering an employee to submit to a polygraph examination upon penalty of dismissal.

The facts are as follows: claimant was employed by appellant as a vending…