Section 27(i)
DENIAL PERIOD, Economic terms, School bus driver
CITE AS: Thompson v Chippewa Valley School District, Macomb Circuit Court, No. 96-7631-AE (August 28, 1997).
Appeal pending: No
Claimant: Frances A. Thompson
Employer: Chippewa Valley School District
Docket No. B93-15538-131205
CIRCUIT COURT HOLDING: A claimant is ineligible under Section 27(i) where she has received reasonable assurance of re-employment, despite the fact the assigned employment included a 7% pay reduction.
FACTS: After a millage failure it was anticipated that bus drivers could expect a reduction of one hour to an hour and a half per day in the following year. Thereafter, the school system gave the claimant and other drivers a letter of assurance which indicated the employer believed it would re-employ them in positions similar to what they had in the prior academic year. Claimant asserted she would be experiencing a substantial reduction in hours. But claimant's hourly earnings were raised from $13.38 to $14.32. The net reduction would be 7%, from $501 to $465 weekly. There was no adverse impact on her fringe benefits.
DECISION: Claimant is ineligible under the school denial provisions of Section 27(i).
RATIONALE: Denial of benefits to a school district employee is authorized under Section 27(9) if she was reasonably assured of re-employment and the economic terms and conditions of employment in the new year were reasonably similar to those of the preceding year.
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