Milwaukee County v. Labor & Industry Review Commission

¶ 1. Milwaukee County appeals an order of the circuit court affirming a decision of the Labor and Industry Review Commission. We reverse.

BACKGROUND

¶ 2. This is a review of a decision of the Labor and Industry Review Commission (LIRC) in which LIRC determined that two Milwaukee County (the County) employees — Kimberly D. Carrington-Field and Ellettra L. Webster — were not suspended for "good cause connected with [their] work," pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 108.04(6) (2011-12),1 and therefore were entitled to unemployment benefits during the first three weeks of their suspension periods. For…