In re the Claim of Silva

—Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed March 19, 1998, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because his employment was terminated due to misconduct.

Claimant was discharged from his employment as a flight attendant after the employer discovered that claimant had falsely indicated on his employment application that he had not been convicted of violating any law. Although claimant admitted that he had been convicted of a misdemeanor, he maintained that he was not required to disclose the conviction because it…