Hanna v. Employment Division

Claimant appeals from the decision of the Employment Appeals Board (EAB) which concluded that he was not entitled to unemployment benefits on the ground that he was receiving a guaranteed wage, ORS 657.205(1)(a).

Claimant is employed by the Portland School District as a teacher at the Portland Job Corps Center. For several years claimant worked 12 months per year, under successive one-year contracts. In August of 1975, claimant was offered and accepted a new one-year contract providing for him to teach only nine months with three one-month periods of inactivity. By a staff memorandum claimant…