In re the Claim of Oxios

Appeal by the claimant from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board disqualifying claimant from receiving benefits on the ground that he voluntarily left his employment without good cause by provoking his discharge (Labor Law, § 593, subd. 1, par. [a]). The board has found that claimant, a messenger for a law firm, provoked his discharge and thus left employment without good cause by refusing to make two deliveries as directed by his employer. The determination as to what transpired between the employer and employee is factual and the issues of fact and credibility involved are…