Simmons v. Culpepper

OPINION

LEWIS, Judge.

This is an appeal by plaintiff/app ellant, Cornelia Simmons, from the judgment of the chancery court which upheld the decision of defendant/appellee, Tennessee Department of Employment Security (“the Department”), to deny plaintiff unemployment benefits.

I. FACTUAL HISTORY

Defendant/appellee, Occidental Chemical Corporation (“Occidental”), hired plaintiff on 16 February 1987. Occidental informed plaintiff when they hired her that they expected employees to have an absentee rate of no more than two percent a year. While employed with Occidental, plaintiff received several…