Tuma v. Commissioner of Economic Security

AMDAHL, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Keith J. Tuma, seeks further review of a decision of the Court of Appeals, which upheld the Commissioner of Economic Security’s ruling that Tuma is ineligible for extended unemployment benefits under Minn.Stat. § 268.071(1984). The Commissioner, through her representative, denied Tuma extended benefits because Tuma was allegedly $60 short of the total wage credits needed under Minn.Stat. § 268.071, subd. 3(3), to qualify. In calculating Tuma’s wage credits under subdivision 3(3), however, the Commissioner excluded Tuma’s final paycheck on the grounds that it…