Brooks v. Labor & Industry Review Commission

LaVerne Brooks appeals the denial of his unemployment compensation claim based upon findings by the Labor and Industry Review Commission that he was unable to work and unavailable for work. Brooks claims that the compensation eligibility standard used to determine when a claimant is physically able to or available for work violates the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amend*108ment to the United States Constitution. We affirm the order.

Brooks worked for forty years at Connor Forest Industries before he was laid off from his job as a night foreman. Upon processing Brooks’ claim for…