In re the Claim of Pinto

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed June 26, 1991, which, upon reconsideration, adhered to its prior decision ruling that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because he voluntarily left his employment without good cause.

*903Claimant, who had exhausted his sick time and unused vacation credits caring for his live-in girlfriend of many years, who was ill, asked his employer for additional time off to care for his "friend”. Although claimant represents that he asked for a short leave of absence, the employer’s representative…