Glenn v. Unemployment Appeals Commission

After he lost his job, Robert C. Glenn applied for unemployment compensation benefits. He now appeals an order of the Unemployment Appeals Commission, which affirmed an appeals referee’s decision concluding that Mr. Glenn was discharged for misconduct connected with employment. We reverse because his employer, the Department of Health (Department), failed to meet its burden to establish any misconduct that would preclude the award of benefits.

The statute defines misconduct for unemployment compensation purposes as conduct deliberately (or culpably negligently) antithetical to the employer’s…