Stoodley v. Department of Employment Security

The claimant, a full-time college student, appeals a decision of the Vermont Employment Security Board upholding her disqualification from unemployment benefits because she was “unavailable for work within the meaning of our unemployment compensation statute.”

The relevant statute provides:

An unemployed individual shall be eligible to receive benefits with respect to any week only if the commissioner finds that:

He is able to work, and is available for work; provided, that in determining the availability of any individual with respect to any week, the commissioner may require, in addition to…