Infante v. Iowa Department of Job Service

SNELL, Judge.

Pursuant to company policy, petitioner was discharged from her employment as a nurse’s aide after receiving three written warnings within a nine-month period concerning performance of her job. The warning criteria were fixed by the union contract. A hearing officer awarded her unemployment benefits; however, respondent agency disqualified her from receipt of such benefits on the ground that her discharge was for misconduct. This was affirmed on judicial review.

The first warning was for failure to follow a nurse’s instruction that a patient should be confined to bed. The patient…