Goodwin v. BPS Guard Services, Inc.

OPINION

LANSING, Judge.

This is an appeal from the Commissioner’s denial of reemployment insurance benefits. The employee asserts that a demotion provided good cause to quit. Because the demotion resulted from the employee’s misconduct, we affirm the Commissioner’s denial.

FACTS

BPS Guard Services employed Phillip Goodwin as a security officer supervisor. In October 1993 Goodwin failed to report for his assigned shift three times. An employee’s unreported absence is grounds for termination from employment with BPS.

In early November, a BPS personnel specialist informed Goodwin that he was being…