Littlefield v. Department of Employment & Training

The claimant, Deborah Littlefield, appeals a decision by the Employment Security Board (Board) disqualifying her from receiving extended unemployment compensation benefits. The Board upheld the rulings of the Appeals Referee and the Claims Examiner, each of whom had held that the claimant was disqualified from receiving extended benefits becáuse she had left the employ of her “last employing unit” due to a health condition which was not attributable to that employing unit. 21 V.S.A. §§ 1344(a)(3), 1344(c), 1423 (a) (2). The Board disqualified the claimant from receiving extended benefits for…