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SMITH v. SPENCE & SPENCE, ATTORNEYS

No. 8511SC623.

343 S.E.2d 256 (1986)

Lori P. SMITH, Petitioner-Appellant, v. SPENCE & SPENCE, ATTORNEYS, and Employment Security Commission of North Carolina, Respondents-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

May 20, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

East Cent. Community Legal Services by Reynauld M. Williams, Smithfield, for petitioner-appellant.

Employment Sec. Com'n of North Carolina, Chief Counsel T.S. Whitaker by Staff Atty. Jane H. Dittmann, Raleigh, for respondent-appellee, Employment Sec. Com'n.

COZORT, Judge.

The question presented by this appeal is whether an employee's delinquency in her personal financial affairs which caused a detrimental effect on her employer's relationship with his clients who were creditors of the employee constitutes "substantial fault on the employee's part connected with her work not rising to the level of misconduct" for which the employee may be terminated. We hold the conduct of the secretary does rise to the level of substantial...

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