Olson v. Job Service North Dakota

[¶ 43] I respectfully dissent.

[¶ 44] There is no dispute that the purpose of S.B. 2354 before the 1981 Legislative Assembly was to deny unemployment benefits when it is the claimant’s work that is stopped — not necessarily all of the employer’s work that is stopped — because of a labor dispute. There is also no dispute that the law was not to deny unemployment benefits to “innocent bystanders” who are out of work because of a labor dispute of other workers.

[¶ 45] It is also undisputed that no one told the legislature that it was changing the law in any way regarding lockouts. But the…