Agsalud v. Lee

The sole issue is whether a Referee for Employment Security Appeals, Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, State of Hawaii, clearly erred in reversing an Unemployment Insurance Division determination that Claimant-appellant David K. O. Lee (Lee) was not “unemployed,” as defined in HRS § 383-1(16), and was thus ineligible for unemployment compensation benefits. Concluding he did not, we affirm the judgment of the First Circuit Court upholding the Referee’s decision.

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Lee is president of Dave’s Electrical Service, a family corporation which has been in the business of performing…