Area Residential Care, Inc. v. Iowa Department of Job Service

McCORMICK, Justice.

In this appeal we must decide the consequences on eligibility for unemployment benefits of a worker’s quitting her job because of risk to her pregnancy. Respondent Iowa Department of Job Service held that claimant Wendy L. Loewen was eligible for unemployment benefits because she left her employment for good cause attributable to her employer. Upon judicial review, the district court reversed. Because we believe claimant is disqualified from receiving benefits only during the disability caused by her pregnancy, we affirm in part and reverse in part.

Claimant worked for…