Court Opinion

ID: 9696109
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-25 18:36:48.80396+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:20:18.692419
License: Public Domain

Thomas Gallagher, Justice
(dissenting).
I am of the opinion that an employee who terminates his employment because of notice from his employer that his hourly wage rate is to be reduced to the extent here described cannot be said to have voluntarily and without good cause attributable to his employer discontinued such employment so as to be disqualified for benefits under the provisions of M. S. A. 268.09. Likewise, I believe that a refusal to accept an offer of reemployment at a substantial wage reduction and without previous seniority does not constitute a refusal to accept suitable work when offered as prescribed by § 268.09, subd. 1(5).
Mr. Justice Murphy took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.
Mr. Justice Loevinger, not having been a member of the court at the time of the argument and submission, took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.