Tendoy Area Council v. State, Department of Employment

“Substantial and competent evidence” apparently depends upon whether you are a claimant or an employer. In the past 32 years, this Court has decided 22 cases involving the exact issue before us today— whether substantial and competent evidence exists to support the Industrial Commission’s conclusion that a claimant either had or did not have good cause to leave his or her job. Of those 22 cases, only twice has this Court held that a claimant has had good cause for quitting; including today’s case, this Court has held 21 out of 23 times that a claimant has not had good cause for quitting. See…