Westerheide Tobacco & Cigar Co. v. Labor & Industrial Relations Commission of Missouri, Division of Employment Security

CRIST, Judge.

Westerheide (employer) appeals from a judgment of the circuit court affirming a decision of the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission (Commission) awarding unemployment benefits to Michael Colvin (claimant). We affirm.

Claimant worked for employer most recently as inside help. In January and February of 1985, claimant worked the equivalent of six eight-hour working days. Claimed filed for unemployment benefits claiming he had been let go due to lack of work. Employer contested the claim and asserted absenteeism was the cause of the dismissal.

Claimant had his claim denied by a…