Bombard v. Department of Labor

Johnson, J.,

¶ 16. dissenting. The majority’s overly technical and narrow view of an employee’s obligation to inform his employer of problems in the workplace *533results in an unfair denial of benefits to claimant. The undisputed facts demonstrate that claimant suffered through intolerable working conditions at two of employer’s stores and notified employer of these conditions on several occasions. By pretending that employer solved the first abusive situation and thus ignoring that history, the majority unreasonably concludes that claimant was required to make further efforts to resolve the…