Mason v. Load King Mfg. Co.

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• holding that misconduct under the statute is shown when the record presents substantial competent evidence of excessive unauthorized absenteeism, but to prove excessive unauthorized absenteeism, an employer must prove more than one act
• noting that, in a four-month period, claimant was absent four times, late four times, and left early one time
• noting that, before the burden will be shifted to the former employee, the employer must present “satisfactory proof... of a serious and identifiable pattern of excessive absenteeism”
• pointing out that the employer’s burden of proving excessive unauthorized absenteeism is a “heavy” one
• misconduct found where employee was late or absent more times in four-month period than would be allowed in a year, and continued to be late after suspension

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