Atkinson v. Director of Labor

Melvin Mayfield, Judge.

This is an appeal from a decision of the Board of Review holding that the appellant was discharged for misconduct and therefore not entitled to receive unemployment compensation. The statute involved, Ark. Stat. Ann. § 81-1106(b)(2) (Repl. 1976), is Section 5(b)(2) of the Arkansas Employment Security Act and provides that a claimant shall be disqualified for benefits if he is discharged “for misconduct in connection with the work on account of dishonesty. . . .”

The decision of the Board issued on September 12, 1984, contained the following summary of the evidence before…