Sondra Irving v. Employment Appeal Board

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF IOWA No. 15–0104 Filed June 3, 2016 SONDRA IRVING, Appellant, vs. EMPLOYMENT APPEAL BOARD, Appellee. Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Linn County, Denver D. Dillard, Judge. Claimant appeals district court judgment affirming denial of unemployment benefits for a job termination resulting from her incarceration. REVERSED. Alisa Diehl of Iowa Legal Aid, Cedar Rapids, for appellant. Rick Autry of Iowa Employment Appeal Board, Des Moines, for appellee. 2 APPEL, Justice. In this case, an employee was terminated because of absence from work arising out of her…