Mayes v. Department of Employment Security

OPINION

BENCH, Judge:

Plaintiff Douglas Mayes appeals a decision of the Board of Review of the Industrial Commission (Board) which determined plaintiff had knowingly withheld material information in order to obtain unemployment benefits to which he was not entitled. We reverse the Board’s decision and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

On plaintiff’s first weekly claim form for unemployment benefits filed with the Department of Employment Security (Department), he indicated he had worked part of that week for his former employer, Rich Photo, and had earned $69. He did…