Kienast v. Sioux Valley Co-Op

HENDERSON, Justice.

ACTION

This is an appeal from the circuit court’s reversal of a decision by the Secretary of the South Dakota Department of Labor (Secretary). The Secretary affirmed a determination by an Appeals Referee denying unemployment benefits to Claimant Barbara Kienast on the basis of misconduct. We reverse the circuit court and reinstate the original determination of the Appeals Referee, as the record discloses work-connected misconduct.

PACTS

Barbara Kienast (Claimant) has been employed by Sioux Valley Cooperative (Sioux Valley) for a period of seventeen years with intermissions…