Ginther v. Boise Cascade Corp.

HORTON, Justice.

This appeal concerns Boise, Inc.’s (“Boise”) 1 discharge of Benjamin Ginther and the subsequent denial of Ginther’s claim for unemployment insurance benefits at all stages below. Ginther argues that his firing was not due to misconduct in connection with his employment. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Ginther went to work for Boise as a flexo operator on August 24, 2006. 2 Ginther’s responsibilities included performing pre-start and set-up procedures and quality cheeks, as well as in-process quality checks to ensure the flexo was…