St. Benedict's Hospital v. Department of Employment Security

STEWART, Justice:

This case is here to review a decision of the Board of Review of the Industrial Commission granting a claim for unemployment compensation to the defendant Carol Petersen. The sole issue raised on appeal is whether the Board of Review properly construed U.C.A., 1953, § 35-4-5(a) of the Employment Security Act in awarding unemployment compensation. Specifically, the issue is whether the “equity and good conscience” language contained in § 35-4-5(a) is a standard separate from and in addition to the “good cause standard.”

On oral argument, counsel stipulated that if the Court in…