In re the Claim of Ferrugia

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed January 5, 1996, which ruled thát claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because she voluntarily left her employment without good cause.

The record discloses that claimant left her employment as a secretary for an insurance agency following a reprimand from a senior co-worker regarding her late arrival at work. The employer made a good-faith effort to facilitate a reconciliation between claimant and her co-worker, but claimant found the latter’s behavior so offensive that she refused to…