Blue v. Department of Labor

¶ 1. Claimant Katrina Blue appeals from an Employment Security Board decision denying her claim for unemployment compensation benefits. Claimant contends the Board erred in: (1) finding that she was disqualified from receiving benefits because she left her employment voluntarily; and (2) assigning her the burden of proof. We reverse and remand.

¶ 2. Claimant worked for about four years for Hickok & Boardman Realty. In the early summer of 2010, claimant left her employment to participate in a three-month cross-country bicycle ride for multiple sclerosis in honor of her father, who had died from…