Gerr v. Target-Fridley

OPINION

LESLIE, Judge.

This is an appeal from a determination that respondent’s absences due to illness did not constitute “misconduct” for purposes of the unemployment compensation laws. We affirm.

FACTS

Respondent Mary Gerr was hired by relator Target-Fridley in 1969. She has a medical condition known as “hives” (in medical terms “urticaria”), which at various times incapacitates her. Her supervisor was aware of this problem, and in November 1983 Gerr brought in a medical disability statement which documented her condition and indicated that the hives could cause her to miss work from time to…