Virginia Employment Commission v. Davenport

WILLIS, Judge.

The Virginia Employment Commission (the Commission) contends that the trial court erred in awarding unemployment benefits to Herbert R. Davenport. We agree and reverse the judgment of the trial court.

I. BACKGROUND

Learning that the plant at which he worked was scheduled to close, Davenport filed for unemployment benefits, effective September 17, 1995. Pursuant to Code § 60.2-614, he listed as his thirty-day employer Westinghouse Corporation, for which he had worked from May 1,1985 to September 15,1995. During this term of employment, Davenport’s work week consisted of five seven…