Legal Opinion
Benjamin v. Washington Hospital Center
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 21, 2010No. 09-AA-47PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRY, Senior Judge:
This is the latest in a series of recent cases that turn on the distinction between “misconduct” and “gross misconduct,” as those terms are used in the statute and regulations which govern the availability and amount of unemployment compensation benefits.
Petitioner, Joyce Benjamin, seeks review of a final order of the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) which denied her application for unemployment compensation. A claims examiner with the Department of Employment Services (DOES), and subsequently the OAH, ruled that Ms. Benjamin was disqualified from receiving benefits…
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