In re the Claim of Smith

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed June 18, 2004, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because her employment was terminated due to misconduct.

Claimant was discharged from her employment with a temporary placement agency after the employer discovered that claimant failed to disclose on her employment application in response to a bold-print question that she had been convicted of a felony. Notwithstanding claimant’s contention that her failure to answer the question was inadvertent due to a lack of time…