California Portland Cement Co. v. Arizona Department of Economic Security

OPINION

KLEINSCHMIDT, Judge.

¶ 1 This is an appeal from a decision of the Arizona Department of Economic Security granting an employee’s claim for unemployment benefits. The issue is whether the Appeals Board erred by finding that the employee, Wilma Young, was discharged by her employer, California Portland Cement, within the meaning of the unemployment compensation laws. If the employee was discharged, as opposed to having quit her employment, she is entitled to benefits.

¶2 The employee had worked for the employer for a number of years as a human resources manager. In 1996 she brought an…