Ellis v. Employment Security Commission
Ellis v. Employment Security Commission
Opinion of the Court
The controlling facts appear in the opinion of Division 3 (3 Mich App 576). No expatiation thereon is required. Leave to review was granted on account of prima facie error appearing-in that opinion, the result of which was affirmance of the circuit court’s decision upon issuance and return of certiorari to the employment security commission.
The error mentioned appears in the conclusional paragraph below (p 578):
“The decisive issue in this case is whether the plaintiff’s absence from his place of employment was less than 10 consecutive days. This Court agrees with the decision of the circuit court. Plaintiff failed to report for work on the 10th consecutive day but he did report to his place of employment 2 or 3 hours before his shift ended. The record indicates that a collective bargaining agreement required the employer to pay any employee reporting-for work a minimum of 4 hours’ wages. Even in the absence of such contract, it is unreasonable to say that by reporting so close to the end of the shift that plaintiff had reported to work on the 10th day.”
That plaintiff was not absent from his place of employment, for 10 consecutive days, is an established fact. That the statute controls exclusively,
I would reverse and remand for reinstatement of Referee Snow’s decision of March 11, 1964. He ruled:
“If our legislature in adopting section 29m of the act intended subsection (d) to disqualify a claimant where his confinement resulted in his absence from work for nine and a fraction consecutive days, it would have very readily so stated. Not doing so, I can only find that this claimant’s absence from his place of employment was for a period of less than 10 consecutive days and hence he is not subject*14 to the disqualification provisions of section 29m(d). The fact that Mr. Connell, when the claimant reported for work on December 11, did not let him go to work, for whatever reason, does in no way alter the fact that this claimant did report to his place of employment ready and willing to return to work and that he was absent from his work because of the traffic violation and his confinement for a period of less than 10 consecutive work days.”
Plaintiff should have costs of both appellate courts.
The new section was added by PA 1963, No 189, effective September 6, 1963. Assigned CL 1948, § 421.29m (Stat Ann 1963 Cum Supp § 3.7.531 [ 1 ]). Subdivision (d) reads:
“(d) The provisions of subsections (a) and (b) herein shall not be applicable when the conviction referred to in section 29m has been for a traffic violation that has resulted in an absence of less than 10 consecutive days from his place of employment.”
Reference
- Full Case Name
- ELLIS v. EMPLOYMENT SECURITY COMMISSION
- Status
- Published