In re the Claim of Joyce

—Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed August 6, 1997, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because he voluntarily left his employment without good cause.

Claimant was employed as a postal worker until July 12, 1996, when he was ordered to leave the premises after an outburst whereby he screamed racist remarks and threatened his co-workers. The employer’s psychiatrist thereafter found claimant “not fit for duty” and advised him to seek outside psychiatric treatment. The employer subsequently informed…