Owens v. Director, Arkansas Employment Security Department

I respectfully dissent from the prevailing opinion which affirms the decision by the Arkansas Board of Review that appellant voluntarily left her last work without good cause connected with the work. The only evidence in the record is that appellant left her last work after she was forced to work with a manager trainee who wrongfully accused her of stealing from the store and allowing others to do so. There is undisputed proof that the manager trainee was motivated to make those defamatory accusations out of resentment about appellant’s interracial marriage. Equally undisputed is the fact…