City of Jennings v. Division of Employment Security

KAROHL, Judge.

The City of Jennings (City) appeals a decision of the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission (Commission) ruling Tim Jones (Jones), a former police officer of the City, was not disqualified from unemployment compensation benefits when the City discharged Jones on January 23, 1996. The City argues “[JONES] WAS DISCHARGED FOR MISCONDUCT CONNECTED WITH WORK,” thus, he is disqualified from receiving unemployment benefits. When an employee is terminated for misconduct connected with the employee’s work, the Division of Employment Security may disqualify the claimant from receiving…