Blom v. Madsen's Enterprises, Inc.

Relator has been partially disqualified from receiving unemployment benefits for misconduct as defined by Minn. St. 268.09, subd. 1(1), and seeks review of that decision of the commissioner of manpower services. We affirm.

Relator was employed as a dishwasher in a cafeteria at Madsen’s Super Valu Store in Fairmont, Minnesota, on March 18, 1972, when she was discharged for refusing to perform a task within her assigned duties. A claims deputy found the discharge not justified. However, the appeal tribunal and commissioner concluded that her behavior constituted “misconduct.”

We hold that the…