Miller v. Guilford County Schools

HEDRICK, Judge.

The question presented by this appeal is whether it is misconduct connected with work for an employee to refuse to assume an additional, permanent work assignment because she did not agree with her supervisor’s decision that she had time to perform the additional task. The Employment Security Law of North Carolina, in part, provides: “An individual shall be disqualified for benefits ... if it is determined by the Commission that such individual is, at the time such claim is filed, unemployed because he was discharged for misconduct connected with his work.” N.C. Gen. Stat. Sec.…