Alcala v. Employment Department

Claimant seeks judicial review of an Employment Appeals Board (board) decision denying unemployment insurance benefits. He contends that the board erred in determining that his submission of a memorandum to a representative of the employer’s human resources department, in which he complained about his department manager and other supervisors, constituted disqualifying “misconduct” and, specifically, violated the employer’s reasonable expectations that an employee not engage in “disrespectful” conduct. We conclude that the board’s determination in that regard is not supported by substantial…