Employment Division v. Ring

Employment Division (Division) appeals a final order of the Employment Appeals Board (EAB) that allowed claimant to retain her unemployment compensation benefits. The issue is whether Division may recover unemployment benefits that were paid to a private sector employee during a period for which the employee subsequently received back pay.1 We affirm.

Claimant was fired from her job at Central City Concern (Central), a private, nonprofit corporation. While pursuing a wrongful discharge grievance against Central, she applied for and received unemployment benefits. Seven weeks later, she found…