Barnes v. Caldwell

Stolz, Judge.

This is an appeal from the order of the superior court upholding the final administrative determination of the Employment Security Agency which imposed a penalty upon the appellant, canceling five weeks of his unemployment compensation under the provisions of Code Ann. § 54-610 (a). The issue before the agency and also before the superior court was whether Barnes had voluntarily left his employment and what effect, if any, his apparent understanding that he had been fired had on the issue of voluntariness.

In the initial hearing on Mr. Barnes’ claim, the claims examiner imposed…