Dorsey v. Department of Workforce Services

JUSTICE LEE,

opinion of the court:

1 1 The Department of Workforce Services has adopted a rule deeming unemployment claimants ineligible for benefits if they travel outside the United States for more than two weeks. Apmin. Copm r. 994-403-(2011). In the administrative proceedings below, the principal dispute concerned the question whether this rule could properly extend to a seasonal worker who was not required to seek work as a prerequisite to qualifying for benefits. That question was resolved against claimant John Dorsey in the administrative proceedings below, but in his favor in the court…