The Massachusetts Court of Appeals recently denied unemployment benefits to a teacher who failed to maintain her educator’s license in Borroni v. D.U.A. (No 13-P-442) (Rule 1:28). On June 25, 2014, the Court affirmed the DUA decision that the Superintendent had no obligation to apply for a waiver or transfer the teacher to another position for which she was licensed.  The Court held that in allowing her provisional certificate to lapse, the teacher brought unemployment upon herself. As a result her termination was deemed voluntary under the statute.

CL&P Attorneys Leo Peloquin and Joshua Coleman represented the School District.