In re the Claim of Foldes

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed April 24, 1996, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because his employment was terminated due to misconduct.

Claimant, employed by a hospital as a plumber, was discharged after he failed to complete two plumbing assignments and left the hospital premises to go to the hospital’s personnel office in contravention of his supervisor’s directions. An arbitration hearing ensued which resulted in a finding that claimant had violated the terms of his last-chance employment…