Merkle v. Review Board of Indiana Employment Security Division

— The appellant, a discharged employee of the appellee, Daly Brothers Shoe Company, sought unemployment compensation under the provisions of the Indiana Employment Security Act. The Review Board found that she was a “chronic absentee without notice and without permission” and decided that such facts constitute misconduct in connection with her work within the meaning of Burns’ 1933 (1949 Supp.), § 52-1539; that her discharge was therefore justified and she must suffer the disqualification imposed by the act. She appeals this decision on two grounds. First, she asserts that there is…