INTERCRAFT INDUSTRIES CORP. v. MORRISON

No. 154A81.

289 S.E.2d 357 (1982)

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

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

March 30, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pope, McMillian, Gourley & Kutteh by William H. McMillian, Statesville, for plaintiff.

Employment Sec. Commission of North Carolina by T. S. Whitaker, Acting Chief Counsel, V. Henry Gransee, Jr., Staff Atty., and Thelma M. Hill, Staff Atty., Raleigh, for defendants-appellants.


BRANCH, Chief Justice.

The question presented by this appeal is whether claimant's unexcused absence from work on 16 February 1980, which violated her employer's rule and which was due to her inability to secure child care, constituted "misconduct" connected with her work so as to disqualify her for unemployment compensation benefits.

G.S. 96-14(2), in part, provides:

An individual shall be disqualified for benefits ... if it is determined by the...

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