Legal Opinion
Auger v. Gillette Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided February 27, 1981No. 50998, 51005PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SIMONETT, Justice.
Employees, Lynn Wickenhouser and Margaret Auger, were terminated from their employment for an incident of sleeping on the job. Both were denied unemployment compensation benefits by the Commissioner, Department of Economic Security. The issue on appeal is whether, in these circumstances, sleeping on the job constituted misconduct. Minn.Stat. § 268.09, subd. 1(2) (1980).
Both Wickenhouser and Auger were night janitors for the Gillette Company. Their job was to sweep the cafeteria and production line floors of the building. The building was large and the employees…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Tilseth v. Midwest Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1973
- Bucko v. J. F. Quest Foundry Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1949
- Booher v. Transport Clearings of Twin Cities, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1977
- Feia v. St. Cloud State CollegeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1976
- Ideker v. LaCrescent Nursing Center, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1973
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3Cited by29 opinions
- White v. Metropolitan Medical CenterSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1983
- Ress v. Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1989
- Schmidgall v. FilmTec Corp.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 2002
- Group Health Plan, Inc. v. LopezCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1983
- McGowan v. Executive Express Transportation Enterprises, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1988
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