An appellate court in California has found that an employee’s refusal to sign a disciplinary memorandum acknowledging receipt of the memo was grounds for termination for misconduct and disqualification for unemployment compensation. The former employee was a driver for a unionized nonprofit paratransit company. He was written up and disciplined in February, 2008 on the basis of a passenger’s complaint. When called to a meeting with the employer’s human resources manager and director of administrative services, he was told he was not entitled to have a union representative present and was asked to sign the memo above a line that said “Employee Signature as to Receipt.” He refused to sign...