Berglund & Berglund, Inc. v. Contributions Bureau, Unemployment Insurance Division, Montana State Department of Labor & Industry

Berglund and Berglund, Inc. (Berglund), appeals a memorandum and order of the District Court for the Fourth Judicial District, Missoula County. That memorandum and order affirmed a decision of the Board of Labor Appeals (Board), which in turn affirmed a hearing officer’s decision that compensation paid for travel expenses to Berglund’s employee truck driver constituted wages reportable to and taxable by the Unemployment Insurance Division (Division). We affirm.

The issue is whether the District Court abused its discretion in affirming the administrative decision.

Berglund is a long-haul…