Employment Security Division of Arkansas v. Hubbard

George Rose Smith, Justice.

After the appellee had received unemployment benefits measured by the wages he was actually paid during a base year that ended March 31, 1977, he applied for a redetermination of the amount of benefits. His proof showed that in November, 1977, after the expiration of the base year, his employer paid him $800.55 in back pay for work performed during the last quarter of the base year, his wages having originally been miscalculated under the Davis-Bacon Act. The Appeal Tribunal and the Board of Review refused to redetermine the benefits, holding that the computation…