Branch v. Virginia Employment Commission & Virginia Chemical Co.

By decision dated June 16, 1976, the Virginia Employment Commission affirmed the Appeals Examiner’s denial of a claim for *611unemployment compensation filed by Vernon Branch, Jr., sub nomine Vernon L. Prayer. The Commission found that claimant’s employer, Virginia Chemical Company, had “promulgated a policy to all employees that any employee receiving three garnishees [sic] within twelve months of each other is automatically terminated”; that claimant had “deliberately violated” that policy; and that “his discharge was for misconduct in connection with his work.” By final judgment order entered…