Watkins v. Montgomery Days Inn

This is an appeal from a denial of unemployment compensation benefits to claimant, Mattie Watkins.

Claimant was employed as a cook by Montgomery Days Inn for approximately six months, during which time she usually worked a shift from 10:00 P.M. to 6:00 A.M. five nights a week. On December 15, 1982, Judy Martin, manager of Days Inn, called claimant and asked her to work Saturday and Sunday from 2:00 P.M. until 10:00 P.M. to cover for another cook. On Saturday, December 18, 1982, claimant reported to work. About twenty minutes later another cook, Linda Smith, reported to work to fill the 2:00…