HESS v. OREGON EMPLOYMENT DIVISION


562 P.2d 1232 (1977)

29 Or.App. 229

Sylvia HESS, Petitioner, v. OREGON EMPLOYMENT DIVISION and Montgomery Ward & Co., Respondents. Robert Hess, Petitioner, v. Oregon Employment Division and Montgomery Ward & Co., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided April 20, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kent B. Thurber, Marion-Polk Legal Aid Service, Inc., Salem, argued the cause and filed the brief for petitioners.

No appearance for respondent Oregon Employment Division.

Gino G. Pieretti, Jr., Portland, argued the cause for respondent Montgomery Ward & Co. With him on the brief was Souther, Spaulding, Kinsey, Williamson & Schwabe, Portland.

Before SCHWAB, C.J., and THORNTON and RICHARDSON, JJ.


THORNTON, Judge.

The issue presented in both of these unemployment compensation appeals is the same: Did the Employment Appeals Board (EAB) err in ruling that petitioners were disqualified under ORS 657.176(2)(c) from receiving benefits because of having "voluntarily left work without good cause"?

The essential facts are as follows: Petitioners had been employed for sometime as salespersons in the major appliance department of respondent's Salem store. Petitioners...

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