Gregory Lowrey, owner of the Happy Valley Tattoo parlor, challenged the Utah Department of Workforce Services Appeals Board’s decision that the wages of a former employee, Jacklyn Johnson, were subject to unemployment insurance. Lowry argued that the business was part of his church, UBU Ministries, which includes tattooing among its religious tenets. On appeal to [...]
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Utah Court of Appeals holds that “religious” tattoo parlor not exempt from paying unemployment insurance.
Posted in Employment Law, First Amendment, tagged unemployment benefits on August 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Minnesota Court of Appeals upholds denial of unemployment benefits even through employer had no policy prohibiting viewing of pornography at work.
Posted in Employment Law, tagged pornography, unemployment benefits on November 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Prior to his termination in 2009, Blayne Brisson worked for the city of Hewitt for seven years as a utility maintenance supervisor. He was fired, in part, for looking at pornography on his work computer after an investigator found more than 150 such images on his computer. Brisson was denied unemployment benefits and appealed the [...]
Refusing to take a vacation for which the employee has already been paid is a valid reason for firing.
Posted in Employment Law, tagged unemployment benefits on August 26, 2009 | 5 Comments »
David Atson was having financial trouble, and his employer, a heating company, gave him an advance of the money he would receive for his two-week vacation. When it came time for Atson to take his vacation, however, he refused because he did not want to go two weeks without pay. Atson’s employer fired him, and [...]
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