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Unemployment Comp – Misconduct – Insubordination – Company Car – Liability Policy

By Deborah Elkins
Published: March 24, 2010
Tags: Judge Robert P. Frank, Unemployment Comp, Virginia Court of Appeals

An employee’s refusal to sign a broadly worded company policy that would make him liable for “careless and/or negligent acts” while driving company vehicles, even after he offered to drive only his own vehicle, was not misconduct that would bar unemployment benefits after the employee was fired; the Court of Appeals reverses a circuit court [...]

Unemployment Comp – Misconduct – Insubordination

By Deborah Elkins
Published: March 19, 2010
Tags: Fairfax Circuit Court, Judge Jane Marum Roush, Unemployment Comp, Virginia Circuit Courts

A claimant’s alleged failure to pick up from a customer for a two-week period, as directed by employer, was not misconduct that would disqualify claimant from receiving unemployment compensation after his termination, and a Fairfax Circuit Court reverses the Employment Commission’s contrary decision. It is the opinion of this court that the commission’s factual findings [...]

Unemployment Comp – Misconduct – Store Manager – Food Purchase Rule

By Deborah Elkins
Published: January 18, 2010
Tags: Judge D. Arthur Kelsey, Unemployment Comp, Virginia Court of Appeals

A circuit court exceeded its authority when it vacated denial of unemployment comp and ordered reinstatement of benefits to a convenience store manager who was terminated for violating a company policy about purchase of food while on duty; the Court of Appeals says the record amply supports the Virginia Employment Commission’s findings that the manager [...]

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Unemployment Comp – Misconduct – Insubordination – Company Car – Liability Policy

Unemployment Comp – Misconduct – Insubordination

Unemployment Comp – Misconduct – Store Manager – Food Purchase Rule

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