Vinson, Matter of
| Decision Date | 19 June 1979 |
| Docket Number | No. 7810SC871,7810SC871 |
| Citation | 42 N.C.App. 28,255 S.E.2d 644 |
| Court | North Carolina Court of Appeals |
| Parties | In the Matter of Douglas A. VINSON, Claimant, and N. C. Municipal Council, Inc. and Employment Security Commission of North Carolina. |
Jernigan & Edmonson by Leonard T. Jernigan, Jr., Raleigh, for claimant-appellee.
Howard G. Doyle by Thomas S. Whitaker, Raleigh, for appellant.
The Employment Security Commission entered findings of fact and conclusions of law denying claimant unemployment compensation because he left work voluntarily without good cause attributable to the employer. The superior court of Wake County ruled that the Employment Security Commission improperly applied the law to the facts, reversed its decision, and ordered the Commission to pay benefits to Vinson. We reverse.
The superior court concluded as a matter of law that claimant was unemployed because he left work voluntarily With good cause attributable to his employer (emphasis ours). The sole question for determination on this appeal is whether the findings of fact by the Employment Security Commission support this conclusion of law.
There were no exceptions to any of the findings of fact, either before the Commission or the superior court. The findings of fact are deemed to be supported by the evidence and are conclusive on appeal. Brown v. Board of Education, 269 N.C. 667, 153 S.E.2d 335 (1967); Employment Security Com. v. Jarrell, 231 N.C. 381, 57 S.E.2d 403 (1950); Durland v. Peters (Comr. of Motor Vehicles), --- N.C.App. ---, 255 S.E.2d 650 (1979); N.C.Gen.Stat. 96-15(i).
In interpreting the Employment Security statute, it must be given the meaning the legislature intended it to have. That intent is stated in the act itself and must be considered by the courts in construing sections of the statute which are not clear and explicit. In re Watson,273 N.C. 629, 161 S.E.2d 1 (1968). This public policy is declared in N.C.G.S. 96-2.
§ 96-2. Declaration of State public policy. As a guide to the interpretation and application of this Chapter, the public policy of this State is declared to be as follows: Economic insecurity due to unemployment is a serious menace to the health, morals, and welfare of the people of this State. Involuntary unemployment is therefore a subject of general interest and concern which requires appropriate action by the legislature to prevent its spread and to lighten its burden which now so often falls with crushing force upon the unemployed worker and his family. The achievement of social security requires protection against this greatest hazard of our economic life. This can be provided by encouraging employers to provide more stable employment and by the systematic accumulation of funds during periods of employment to provide benefits for periods of unemployment, thus maintaining purchasing power and limiting the serious social consequences of poor relief assistance. The legislature, therefore, declares that in its considered judgment the public good and the general welfare of the citizens of this State require the enactment of this measure, under the police powers of the State, for the compulsory setting aside of unemployment reserves to be used for the benefit of persons Unemployed through no fault of their own. (Emphasis added.)
N.C.G.S. 96-14 sets out the following: "An individual shall be disqualified for benefits: (1) . . . if it is determined by the Commission that such individual is . . . unemployed because he left work voluntarily without...
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