Bajor v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
May 1984
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Frumento v. UNEMP. COMP. BD. OF REV. · Frumento v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review · McLean v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review · Williams v. Commonwealth
Most-quoted passages
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“Thus, we must evaluate both the reasonableness of the employer’s request in light of all the circumstances, and the employee’s reasons for noncompliance. The employee’s behavior can not fall within ‘wilful misconduct’ if it was justifiable or reasonable under the circumstances, since it cannot then be considered to be in wilful disregard of conduct the employer ‘has a right to expect.’ In other words, if there was ‘good cause’ for the employee’s actions, it cannot be charged as wilful misconduct.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Claimant’s emphatic refusal to comply with her employer’s request that she apply for a leave of absence ... in the face of a warning that it could lead to her discharge ... demonstrates a conscious disregard of employer standards of behavior which he has a right to expect and of which claimant admitted having actual knowledge.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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