In re the Claim of Rice

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed July 27, 2000, which ruled, inter alia, that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because her employment was terminated due to misconduct.

Claimant was employed as a social worker by the employer hospital. In March 1999, she was assigned to coordinate a program for patients who were both mentally ill and chemically addicted. Approximately seven weeks later, claimant was discharged from her employment for having entered in a patient’s report that he had “been missing his scheduled IC…