JANSEN v. PEOPLES ELEC. CO., INC.

No. 81-574.

317 N.W.2d 879 (1982)

John R. JANSEN, Relator, v. PEOPLES ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC., Respondent, Commissioner of Economic Security, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

April 9, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Noonan, St. Paul, for relator.

Felhaber, Larson, Fenlon & Vogt and James M. Dawson, Minneapolis, for Peoples Elec. Co., Inc.

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., Joan Volz, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., and Peter C. Andrews, St. Paul, for Minnesota Dept. of Economic Security.

Considered and decided by the court en banc without oral argument.


SIMONETT, Justice.

An employee who was bumped from his job by reason of the seniority provision in his collective bargaining agreement seeks review of a denial of unemployment compensation benefits. Finding that the legislature has chosen not to discard the "constructive voluntary quit" rule, we affirm.

Relator John R. Jansen, a member of the Electrical Workers Union Local 110, was employed for about a year by respondent Peoples Electric Company, Inc. Under...

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