Pueblo School District No. 60 v. Martinez

VAN CISE, Judge.

Pueblo School District No. 60 seeks review of an order of the Industrial Claim Appeals Office (Panel) which granted an award of unemployment benefits to Prescil-la Martinez (claimant). We affirm.

Testimony at claimant’s unemployment hearing established that claimant, a janitor, was charged by school officials with taking toilet paper and was “suspended indefinitely without pay pending investigation for dismissal,” pursuant to the school district work rules. Two weeks later, after a school disciplinary hearing and administrative review, a school district associate superintendent…