In re the Claim of Chiou

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed November 19, 2004, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because his employment was terminated due to misconduct.

Claimant worked at a bank from January 2003 until the end of May 2004. On a day when his sales manager was not at work, he asked for a day off following Memorial Day weekend. The service manager, who was in charge in the sales manager’s absence, denied his request based upon instructions left by the sales manager concerning staffing. Claimant reported to work…