Bird v. Employment Division

Petitioner seeks judicial review of an Employment Appeals Board order which affirmed an order of a referee denying her unemployment compensation benefits on the ground that she voluntarily left work without good cause. We remand for reconsideration.

Petitioner worked for Weyerhaeuser from 1972 until September 5, 1985. Since 1977, she had worked full time as a second fire tender and was the only female employe at the power plant. Petitioner testified at the hearing before the referee that she was subject to numerous incidents of harassment during the time that she worked for Weyerhaeuser and…