Thornton v. Director, Arkansas Employment Security Department

Josephine Linker Hart, Judge.

Mary A. Thornton appeals from the Arkansas Board of Review’s (“Board”) decision that she was ineligible for unemployment benefits. Appellant left her employment as manager of the local Dollar General Store in Marianna, Arkansas, after she was robbed at gunpoint as she was leaving the store to make the end-of-the-day deposit. The Board determined that although the armed robbery involved was unfortunate, it did not constitute the requisite good cause connected with the work to justify appellant’s voluntary termination of her employment. We disagree and reverse.

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