In re the Claim of Larkin

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed February 2, 1996, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because he voluntarily left his employment without good cause.

The record discloses that claimant notified his employer on May 11, 1995 that he would not be returning to work because he planned to enter a drug rehabilitation program. Although claimant’s participation in the program did not begin until May 22, 1995, he did not return to his employment after May 11, 1995, later testifying that he needed to spend this…