Willard v. Employment Security Department

Appellants, formerly employed as maids at Edgewater Inn in Seattle, Washington, appeal from the trial court’s affirmance of a decision by the commissioner of the State Employment Security Department which denied their claim for benefits under the employment security act. The basic question presented is whether the refusal of appellants to obey their employer’s order to clean 16 rooms, instead of 15 based on their former practice and their understanding of an oral agreement between the union and their employer which limited room assignments to a maximum of 15, constitutes “misconduct” as that…