Stahl v. Hank's Cheesecakes, LLC

Introduction

The Labor and Industrial Relations Commission (“the Commission”) granted the respondent, Robin Stahl (“Stahl”), unemployment benefits after it found that she was discharged from her employment by appellant Hank’s Cheesecakes (“Hank’s”). Hank’s appeals, arguing that the Commission erred in awarding Stahl unemployment benefits because she was terminated for misconduct by intentionally striking a co-employee. The Commission found that Stahl’s conduct, while a justification for her termination, did not rise to the level of misconduct warranting her disqualification of unemployment…