Delneo v. Department of Employment & Training

This is an appeal by Gary Delneo (claimant), formerly employed as a teacher by the Hinesburg School District, from a decision of the Employment Security Board, denying him unemployment compensation during the summer months of 1985, after he contracted to teach at another school for the ensuing academic year. We affirm.

The issue on appeal is whether a teacher who is otherwise eligible for unemployment compensation is rendered ineligible by the provisions of 21 V.S.A. § 1343(c)(1), which deny teacher-benefits between academic terms, even though the teacher is involved in an ongoing labor…