In re the Claim of Lahens

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed September 12, 2012, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance *1514benefits because she voluntarily left her employment without good cause.

Claimant worked as a certified nurse’s aide for the employer, a nursing home facility. After having previously taken a 3x/2-month leave of absence due to an injury, claimant was granted two weeks of leave in March 2009 to care for her husband, who had end-stage renal disease. The letter granting claimant’s request for leave indicated that if a further…