Unemployment Law

An applicant requested unemployment benefits.  The applicant for unemployment benefits had a “rocky” relationship with a supervisor was denied unemployment compensation benefits.  The Minnesota Court of Appeals held that by quitting after being given “written” coaching for poor interpersonal relationships with other employees, the employee was not entitled to unemployment compensation benefits because there was [...]

 An employee was fired from their job after exceeding the employer’s limit of eight absences or instances of tardiness within a six-month period was denied unemployment compensation benefits.  The former employee appealed their denial of unemployment benefits to the Minnesota Court of Appeals.  The Minnesota Court of Appeals reviewed their claim for unemployment benefits.  However, [...]

 A terminated employee working as a preschool teacher treated students roughly.  The fired employee applied for unemployment benefits.  The preschool teacher was denied unemployment benefits because of employment “misconduct” under Minn. Stat. 268.095, subd. 6(a).  The Minnesota Court of appeals upheld her denial of unemployment benefits after the teacher had treated one child roughly, kept [...]

A denial of unemployment compensation benefits was reversed by the Minnesota Court of Appeals because the unemployment law judge overlooked testimony offered by the claimant, disregarded evidence contrary to the employer’s submission, and failed to make credibility determinations. The four concerns that were identified as grounds for employee misconduct were refuted by contrary evidence provided [...]

An employee fired for misrepresenting her background on a job application was not entitled to unemployment benefits. The Minnesota Court of Appeals held that her failure to state that she was fired from her prior job for felony exploitation of a vulnerable adult constituted disqualifying “misconduct” once the new employer learned of the prior transgression. [...]

Initial claims for unemployment decreased 2,221 for January to 37,629. Year-over-year, that’s a decline of 4.7 percent, or 1,862.  The only increases in claims were in Administrative and Waste Services (12.3 percent over the year) and in Public Administration (up 2.4 percent).  The overall decline of less than 5.0 percent was despite double-digit declines in [...]

A terminated employee filed for unemployment benefits. After the terminated employee was denied benefits, they filed a request for an Unemployment Appeal Hearing. The terminated employee was incarcerated, without any explanation of the circumstances, warranted dismissing his appeal of a determination of ineligibility, when he failed to participate in the unemployment phone appeal hearing. The [...]

A recipient of unemployment benefits enrolled in a dislocated worker program was denied because she took a part-time position to accommodate her school schedule. The unemployed worker filed for an unemployment appeal hearing. After reaching the Minnesota Court of Appeals, it was held that the unemployed worker, who had a part-time job as a certified [...]

If a terminated employee is unemployed for any reason other than lack of work, Minnesota unemployment law requires that a process be followed to determine whether a terminated employee is eligible for unemployment benefits. The following is the general process for unemployed workers: Unemployed employee will be asked questions about why they are unemployed. The [...]