In re the Claim of Egelberg

—Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed July 30, 1996, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because her employment was terminated due to misconduct.

Claimant, am instructor at the American Language Institute at New York University, failed to report for her first week of assigned teaching in January 1996 and was discharged for violating the employer’s policy which required instructors to inform the employer of any intended absences and/or substitute arrangements. Despite being aware of this policy, claimant…