CONLON v. DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF EMPLOYMENT SEC.


382 Mass. 19 (1980)

413 N.E.2d 727

CONSTANCE G. CONLON vs. DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

December 1, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis X. Bellotti, Attorney General, & George J. Mahanna, Assistant Attorney General, for the defendant, submitted a brief.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., QUIRICO, KAPLAN, WILKINS, LIACOS, & ABRAMS, JJ.


WILKINS, J.

At issue here is the question of the extent to which personal domestic responsibilities are relevant in determining whether an individual is entitled to unemployment benefits. The board of review (board) denied unemployment benefits to the claimant (Conlon) because she restricted her availability for work to a daytime shift which was consistent with her fulfilment of responsibilities to her children.

A District Court judge reversed the board's...

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