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- Title: Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co. v. Industrial Commission
- Author : Colorado Court of Appeals No. 80CA1243
- Release Date : January 20, 1981
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 68 KB
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Opinion by Judge Van Cise Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co. (the employer) seeks review of an order of the Industrial Commission which awarded Karletta K. Clark (the employee) full unemployment compensation benefits following her discharge. We affirm. The employer had attendance guidelines which, although administered with flexibility, provided for certain action to be taken when an employee was absent a certain number of days during a 12 month period. Under the guidelines, an employee could be discharged for excessive absenteeism for nine absences or four occurrences (a continuous absence of multiple days constituting one occurrence). Here, according to the employee's attendance record, she was absent approximately 17 days in 12 occurrences during the 12 month period before she was discharged. The reasons for her absences, some of which were pregnancy related, included: upset stomach (4), vomiting (2), back trouble, flu (2), diarrhea, child ill (2), feet swollen - cannot walk, bedrest (3), and unable to get to work because of snow storm. As a result of her attendance record, the employee was discharged for excessive absenteeism.