Meyer v. Employment Appeal Board

HARRIS, Justice.

A teacher contracted to perform her duties during a nine-month school year and to draw her salary on an annual basis. Her employment terminated during the nine-month school year. The question here is whether she is entitled to statutory unemployment benefits during the months of the contract year after her services were to be completed. The district court, reversing an agency determination, held she was entitled to benefits. We agree.

Petitioner Judith Meyer was hired in 1978 as a full-time nursing instructor for a community college. There was a written employment contract…