Kuhn v. Department of Employment Security

This is an appeal, taken by the employer, from a decision of the Employment Security Board awarding unemployment compensation benefits to the claimant Richard Kuhn. The Board’s decision reversed prior rulings of the claims examiner and of the referee holding claimant disqualified because of misconduct connected with his work under 21 V.S.A. § 1344(a)(1).

At the outset, we will treat of appellant’s claim, raised here for the first time, that the claimant should be disqualified from benefits because he violated 21 V.S.A. § 1344 (a) (2) (A) by leaving his employment voluntarily without good cause…