In re the Appeal from Final Decision of Department of Labor, Unemployment Insurance Division for White, Appeal No. C-3046

FOSHEIM, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a denial of unemployment compensation benefits for Carmen White (claimant). We reverse.

Claimant worked as a nurse’s aid for Huron Nursing Home, Inc. of Huron, South Dakota (employer). One month after she began work, employer instituted a personnel rating system whereby employees accumulated points for absence, tardiness, and early departure from work. Employees who accumulated twenty points were discharged. Claimant accumulated 21½ points during her employment, twenty of which were assessed for absence due to illness. The referee found that she…