Jordan v. Employment Department

Claimant seeks judicial review of an Employment Appeals Board (EAB) decision that disqualified her from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because she was fired for misconduct. According to claimant, the EAB failed adequately to defer to the rule interpretation declared by the authorized representative of the Employment Department (department). We affirm.

The EAB found the following facts, and claimant does not challenge them on review. Claimant worked for Lomas Financial Services (employer), an insurance agency. Kim Lomas, employer’s president, supervised her. During training, Lomas…