Hurtado v. Iowa Department of Job Service

CARTER, Justice.

Mead Containers (Mead), the employer of petitioner, Robert J. Hurtado, and Iowa Department of Job Service (the agency) appeal from the district court’s determination that conduct causing petitioner’s discharge was not disqualifying misconduct for purposes of unemployment benefits. The court of appeals affirmed the district court, and we granted further review.

The evidence presented before the agency indicates petitioner was a fourteen-year employee of Mead prior to being discharged on September 21, 1984. The work rules contained in the collective bargaining agreement between…