Legal Opinion
Odeniran v. Hanley Wood, LLC
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 17, 2009No. 08-AA-634PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OBERLY, Associate Judge:
Under District law, a person who is fired from his job for “gross misconduct” is not eligible to receive unemployment compensation benefits until after the passage of a substantial waiting period, during which he must earn a prescribed level of wages with another employer. See D.C.Code § 51-110(b) (2001); 7 DCMR § 312.8. The issue on appeal is whether this rule applies to Henry Odeniran, an employee who was fired from his job because he intentionally failed to do his work throughout a single day despite being chided by his superiors. We answer this question in the…
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