The process of determining who is eligible for unemployment benefits can seem arbitrary and ambiguous at times, particularly in the case of workers who are terminated with cause. For example, a former Hall County jailer received thousands of dollars in jobless pay after being fired in 2012 for punching a handcuffed inmate in the head, according to documents obtained by The Times through an open records request. The jailer later pleaded guilty to two counts of misdemeanor simple battery and was sentenced to five years’ probation.