Paige v. Maine Employment Security Commission

POMEROY, Justice.

This appeal arises from a claim for unemployment benefits brought by appellant.

Ms. Paige had been employed for about a year as a “house supervisor” in an extended care facility for retarded adults run by her employer, Abilities and Goodwill, Inc. (Goodwill). Her duties included teaching and attending to the “clients” as well as various household"" chores. Within three months of her transfer in March of 1976 to another, similar facility also run by Goodwill, Ms. Paige resigned.

After her resignation, Ms. Paige sought unemployment benefits from the Portland office of the Maine…