Misconduct Means No Unemployment Insurance Benefits.

The superior court granted a writ of mandate brought by an employee of a school district who was denied unemployment insurance benefits pursuant to Unemployment Insurance Code section 1256. The appellate court reversed the superior court’s order directing that the employee receive unemployment compensation benefits because the man committed misconduct within the meaning of 1256 which states: “An individual is disqualified for unemployment compensation benefits if the director finds that he or she left his or her most recent work voluntarily without good cause or that he or she has been discharged for misconduct connected with his or her most recent work.” (Irving v. California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board (Los Angeles Unified School District) (Cal. App. Second Dist., Div. 5; September 12, 2014) 229 Cal.App.4th 946, [177 Cal.Rptr.3d 759].)