Marsh v. VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SEC.

The Vermont Department of Employment Security’s interpretation of the interrelationship between 21 V.S.A. § 1344(a) (2) and § 1344(b) (1), provisions concerned with disqualification for unemployment benefits, has come under challenge. Under that interpretation, the date on which certain unemployed individuals first come in contact with the Department’s personnel has assumed great, and we feel undue, importance.

The amendment to 21 V.S.A. § 1344, which is the source of the present controversy, took effect on July 1,1974. Marsh and two other individuals, each acting independently, filed claims…