Holmes v. Review Board of the Indiana Employment Security Div.
Indiana Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
CONOVER, Judge.
Claimant-appellant Wallace G. Holmes (Holmes) appeals a decision of the Review Board of the Indiana Employment Security Division (Board) denying Holmes unemployment compensation because his discharge by Otis Elevator Company (Otis) for absenteeism was for just cause.
Reversed.
ISSUE
Whether incarceration awaiting trial upon criminal charges later dismissed constitutes just cause for an employee's discharge for absenteeism.
FACTS
Holmes had been employed by Otis for five years, but was terminated for absenteeism on March 11, 1981. Otis's policy dealing with absenteeism was first an…
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