Ainoa v. Unemployment Compensation Appeals Division

OPINION OF THE COURT BY LUM,

CIRCUIT JUDGE

This is a consolidated appeal 1 from the circuit court upholding the decisions of referees for Unemployment Compensation Appeals (hereinafter “referees”) of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (hereinafter “Department”) in denying unemployment insurance benefits under chapter 383, Hawaii Employment Security Law, to appellants, David P. Ainoa, Ronald. G. Nolan and Garret J. Dressier.

Appellants are. claimants 2 who individually applied for unemployment insurance benefits during 1975 with the Department. Upon application, they were given…