In re the Claim of Intini

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed December 14, 2012, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because his employment was terminated due to misconduct.

On January 6, 2011, claimant, a municipal sanitation worker, was assigned by his supervisor to work extra hours pursuant to an inverse seniority rotation policy. Claimant refused and was terminated. He contested his discharge through arbitration pursuant to his collective bargaining agreement. Following a hearing, the arbitrator concluded that, by refusing an…