My question involves unemployment benefits for the state of: Arkansas.
I was disqualified for ui due to excessive absences. In the letter it said the law now says that absenteeism is considered misconduct. My question is: does the reasons for the absences matter? My employer said when I was terminated that they could have possibly excused the absences when they happened but not now. They knew at the time they occured what was going on. My son ran away, was put on the national registry for exploited children and was subsequently hospitalized for several months afterwards. Obviously, thats the reason I had so many absences. I was wondering if it is worth my time to appeal this denial.

