In re the Claim of Hassenfratz

—Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed May 7, 1997, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because his employment was terminated due to misconduct.

Claimant, employed as a delivery truck driver, was fired for making a vulgar and abusive comment to a female employee. Hearing testimony disclosed that claimant had been notified that such conduct was counter to both the employer’s policy and the terms of his union’s collective bargaining agreement. The Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board ruled that claimant had…