Emerson v. Director of the Division of Employment Security

The Director of the Division of Employment Security (division) has appealed from an order of a District Court judge awarding partial unemployment compensation benefits to the claimant. The judge ruled that the decision of the hearing examiner, which was adopted by the division’s board of review, was based on an error of law. The parties have stipulated “that the factual findings made in respondent Director’s administrative decision of March 21, 1983 are supported by substantial evidence . . . and are not arbitrary and capricious within the provisions of M. G. L. ch. 30A, section 14.” The *352sole…