In re the Claim of Kridel

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed August 10, 2007, which, among other things, *466ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because her employment was terminated due to misconduct.

From August 2005 through November 2006, claimant worked as a paralegal at a law firm on an hourly basis. In October 2006, the law firm adopted a policy prohibiting hourly employees from taking breaks during the workday, except for a midday lunch break. Claimant violated this policy by taking breaks to smoke cigarettes, as she had done…