Olson v. Job Service North Dakota

KAPSNER, Justice.

[¶ 1] Claimants appeal a district court judgment affirming Job Service North Dakota’s decision denying them unemployment benefits. Because the plain language of N.D.C.C. § 52-06-02(4) only disqualifies claimants from unemployment compensation for employee initiated work stoppages due to a labor dispute, it does not apply to the locked out Claimants. We reverse the district court’s judgment affirming Job Service’s benefit denial and remand to Job Service for proceedings consistent with this opinion.

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[¶ 2] Claimants are bargaining unit employees of American Crystal Sugar’s…