In re the Claim of Bell

—Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed September 22, 1997, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because he voluntarily left his employment without good cause.

Claimant, a salesperson at a furniture store, became agitated in front of co-workers after his supervisor turned off a televised football game that claimant had been watching during working hours. Claimant was later asked to take a week off without pay as a disciplinary measure. Claimant protested this penalty and the store’s owner testified that…