Arizona Department of Economic Security v. Magma Copper Co.

OPINION

DONOFRIO, Acting Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal by the Arizona Department of Economic Security (Department) from a Maricopa County Superior Court judgment in favor of the Magma Copper Company (Magma). The superior court reversed a decision of the Department that held Magma discharged the claimant/worker for a reason not warranting disqualification from unemployment insurance benefits.

The main issue of this appeal is whether the superior court may properly reverse an unemployment insurance benefit decision of the Department by making a finding that a “record of unexcused absences is…