Prosper Team, Inc. v. Department of Workforce Services, Workforce Appeals Board

MEMORANDUM DECISION

ROTH, Judge:

T1 Prosper Team, Inc. (Prosper) seeks review of the Utah Workforce Appeals Board (the Board) decision upholding an administrative law judge's (the ALJ) award of unemployment benefits to claimant, Phillip L. Hickman. The Board awarded benefits to Hickman because it concluded that Prosper terminated him without just cause. We affirm.

12 "[Unemployment] benefits will be denied if the claimant was discharged for just cause. ... However, not every legitimate cause for discharge justifies a denial of benefits. A just cause discharge must include some fault on the part…