Jenkins v. AMERICAN EXPRESS FINANCIAL CORP.

OPINION

HALBROOKS, Judge.

Relator challenges the decision by the senior-unemployment-review judge (SURJ), affirming a decision by the unemployment-law judge (ULJ), that she was disqualified from receiving unemployment benefits because she was discharged for misconduct. Although relator was eligible for work release under Minn.Stat. § 631.425 (2002) while she was incarcerated, the ULJ found that her employer was not obligated to call and verify her employment in order to allow her continued attendance at work. Relator argues that the employer’s failure to call and verify her employment under…