Forrest Park Sanitarium v. Miller

In September 1939, appellant employed Esther K. Miller (referred to herein as sole appellee) as a practical nurse in its sanitarium for patients with mental and nerve ailments. She worked on the day shift on the main floor until 1941, when her immediate superior ordered her to the night shift in another building. She protested to the manager. He declined to change the order. Appellee separated from her employment and seeks unemployment-compensation1 benefits.

Section 1551.11, Code of Iowa, 1939, provides that one who has left his work voluntarily without good cause attributable to his…