Shetterly v. Employment Division

Employer petitions for review of an order of the Employment Appeals Board that adopted the referee’s findings and affirmed his decision that claimant was entitled to unemployment compensation benefits. EAB ruled that employer had discharged claimant, but not for misconduct connected with work. We reverse.

Petitioner is a Dallas law firm. It hired claimant as a law clerk in September 1983. He worked at the firm until June 5, 1984. Until he graduated on May 13, 1984, he was a third-year student at Willamette Law School. It was undisputed that he had to be available all day each Friday to handle…