HAMILTON v. DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SEC.

No. 182-80.

428 A.2d 1108 (1981)

Richard B. HAMILTON v. DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

February 4, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan M. Sussman and Gretchen Bailey, Vermont Legal Aid, Inc., Burlington, for plaintiff.

M. Jerome Diamond, Atty. Gen., and Bennett Evans Greene, Asst. Atty. Gen. Montpelier, for defendant.

Before BARNEY, C. J., LARROW, BILLINGS and HILL, JJ., and SHANGRAW, C. J. (Ret.), Specially Assigned.


HILL, Justice.

The employer, the State of Vermont, appeals a decision of the Employment Security Board granting unemployment benefits to claimant Hamilton after concluding that he was discharged and not for misconduct connected with his work. See 21 V.S.A. § 1344. We reverse.

Claimant was unemployed and in reduction in force status (RIF) before being hired by the Vermont Department of Labor and Industry as manager of the apprenticeship and training program...

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