Alford v. Ky. Unemployment Ins. Comm'n

MAZE, JUDGE:

Kenneth Alford appeals from an order of the Ohio Circuit Court affirming a decision by the Kentucky Unemployment Insurance Commission (the Commission) finding that he was disqualified from receiving benefits because he was discharged for misconduct or dishonesty related to his employment. Alford argues that the Commission substituted its own judgment for the reasons given by his employer for the termination. We conclude that the Commission was authorized to consider the conduct on which the employer based the termination, rather than merely the identified rules which the employer…