Autoliv ASP, Inc. v. Workforce Appeals Board

OPINION

JACKSON, Associate Presiding Judge:

T1 Autoliv ASP, Inc. (Autoliv) appeals from a decision of the Workforce Appeals Board awarding unemployment benefits to Jon C. Edwards. We reverse on the ground that Edwards did not present good cause for filing his appeal to the Department of Workforce Services (DWS) late, and therefore DWS did not have jurisdiction to hear his appeal.

BACKGROUND

12 Edwards worked for Autoliv as an assembler. On April 1, 1998 Edwards reported to work smelling of aleohol. Under Autoliv's procedures, Edwards was asked to take a drug test. The test results came back a few…