In re the Claim of Gonzalez

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Ap*1027peal Board, filed January 17, 1991, which ruled that claimant was entitled to receive unemployment insurance benefits.

Due to a back injury that claimant sustained in 1987, claimant was tardy or absent on various occasions. Although the employer ultimately decided to terminate claimant, it orally agreed that if claimant would submit to an examination by a doctor who would certify that claimant was disabled from working, it would instead place claimant on disability leave. Despite this agreement, the employer discharged claimant on the…