Petrelius v. HOUGHTON-PORTAGE TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS

Appellant, Houghton-Portage Township Schools (the school district), appeals by leave granted the trial court’s order affirming a decision by the Employment Security Commission Board of Review (now the Unemployment Security Board of Review) to award unemployment benefits to claimant, William M. Petrelius, a custodian, for a layoff period of about six weeks in the summer of 2005. The school district argues that the trial court and the board of review erred in finding that claimant is eligible for unemployment benefits. The school district maintains that the plain language of MCL 421.27(i)(2)…