In re the Claim of Walker

—Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed September 5, 1997, which ruled that claimant was entitled to receive unemployment insurance benefits.

Claimant worked as a director of operations for a newspaper distribution company when his employment was terminated due to his failure to report that an incomplete shipment of Sunday newspaper supplements was delivered. Claimant testified that, on the day of the delivery, he was not in the office to accept or verify the order because he was performing the additional job tasks of an absent delivery driver. When claimant…