Pacquing v. Department of Employment Security

The Commissioner of the Department of Employment Security determined that Douglas Pacquing was disqualified from receiving unemployment compensation because he had been discharged from his employment for work-connected misconduct. After absences from work for medical reasons, Pacquing had forged return-to-work slips in his doctor's name, in violation of his employer's rule against falsification of company records. Pacquing appeals here from a superior court judgment affirming the Commissioner's determination. We affirm.

Pacquing, a marine electrical apprentice, had a serious eye condition that…