Vargas v. Northwest Area Foundation

OPINION

G. BARRY ANDERSON, Judge.

Relator appeals the commissioner’s representative’s decision disqualifying him from the receipt of unemployment benefits as a result of a discharge for employment misconduct for refusing to participate in the employer’s performance-improvement plan. Because we find that relator refused to attempt performance of the improvement plan and because refusal to attempt performance of any part of the improvement plan is employment misconduct, we affirm.

FACTS

Relator Mario Vargas was employed as an Associate Community Liaison for Northwest Area Foundation (NWAF) from…