Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Thornbrough

J. Seaborn Holt, Associate Justice.

This is an unemployment compensation case. The appellant, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, employed Mrs. Ouida It. Mills during August of 1953 as a telephone operator in West Memphis exchange of the company. In 1956 Mrs. Mills requested a pregnancy leave which was made effective on July 29, 1956 and under standard company policy, its termination date was fixed at July 28, 1957, one year later. At the time Mrs. Mills applied for a pregnancy leave, she expressed her desire to return to work about two months after the anticipated date of birth of her child;…