In re the Claim of Gladstone

This is an appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board which denied claimant benefits on the ground that he voluntarily left his employment without good cause by provoking his discharge.

Claimant, age 25, was employed by Consolidated Edison, a public utility, as a meter reader. His duties required him to read meters located in private homes, apartment houses and other type buildings. At the time claimant was hired his picture was taken portraying a neat and attractive young man, with hair cut and combed in conventional style. He was given a copy of a manual setting forth…