Bishop v. Labor & Industrial Relations Commission

WASSERSTROM, Judge. .

From a determination that the applicant Dorothy Bishop was disqualified from Unemployment Compensation benefits, Bishop took successive administrative appeals which were held barred at each level on the ground of her undue delay. On petition for judicial review, the Circuit Court sustained the administrative action. We reverse and remand.

On December 5, 1975, Bishop requested a leave of absence for pregnancy, and her child was born on December 11. Between those dates, on December 8, she filed a claim for Unemployment Compensation benefits. Deputy Slusher determined on…