Neumann v. Department of Employment & Economic Development

OPINION

KLAPHAKE, Judge.*

We reverse the determination of the unemployment law judge (ULJ) that relator was ineligible for unemployment benefits because the ULJ failed to consider existing conditions in relator’s labor market area when the ULJ determined that the relator was not actively seeking employment. We remand for the ULJ to calculate relator’s appropriate benefits consistent with this opinion, including a deduction for the relator’s two-day absence from his labor market area.

FACTS

Relator August L. Neumann lives in a small town and, in 2012, worked as a security-systems installer. After…