In re the Claim of Cremeens

Because the record, in my view, fails to support the determination of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board and instead demonstrates a clear causal connection between claimant’s alcoholism and her. refusal to take the blood test, I respectfully dissent.

Notably, the Board adopted the following conclusions of the Administrative Law Judge: “The credible evidence establishes that the claimant was aware that, if she refused to submit to a drug test, she would be fired. She refused to take the test because she knew that due to the large quantity of alcohol she had consumed over the weekend, her…