INTERCRAFT INDUSTRIES CORP. v. MORRISON

No. 8110SC68.

282 S.E.2d 555 (1981)

INTERCRAFT INDUSTRIES CORP. v. Karen M. MORRISON and Employment Security Commission of North Carolina.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

October 6, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pope, McMillan, Gourley & Kutteh by William H. McMillan, Statesville, for plaintiff-appellant.

T.S. Whitaker, Atty. for Employment Security Com'n of N. C. by V. Henry Gransee, Jr., Staff Atty., Raleigh, for defendants-appellees.


WHICHARD, Judge.

The issue is whether the commission properly concluded that claimant's absence from work due to inability to secure child care, while unexcused and in violation of employer's policy, nevertheless did not constitute such "misconduct connected with [her] work," G.S. § 96-14(2), as to disqualify her for unemployment compensation benefits. We hold that it did.

Claimant commenced work with employer on 4 September 1979. Employer's policy permitted...

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