Tyson Foods, Inc. v. Thompson

Tyson Foods, Inc. ("the employer"), appeals from a judgment of the Marshall County Circuit Court dismissing its appeal from a final decision of the Alabama Department of Industrial Relations (the "Department") concerning whether Rhonda M. Thompson ("the employee") is entitled to unemployment compensation benefits. We affirm.

The record reveals that the Department's Board of Appeals denied an application, pursuant to § 25-4-94(a), Ala. Code 1975, to hear an appeal from a decision concerning the employee's application for unemployment benefits, which decision had been made by either an examiner…