Uppiano v. Employment Department

Defendant seeks review of a decision of the Employment Appeals Board (Board) that denied him unemployment benefits on the ground that he voluntarily quit work without good cause. We review for substantial evidence and errors of law. ORS 183.482(7); ORS 183.482(8)(c). We affirm.

Claimant was employed as a boiler operator/fireman by the Joseph Timber Company from August 1995 to September 1997. During that time, claimant suffered from a severe disability described by his doctor as “severely advanced degenerative disease” of the hip. Due to that condition and the strenuous physical demands of his…