In re the Claim of Agranovich

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed March 2, 2009, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because he voluntarily left his employment without good cause.

Claimant worked as a customer service representative for a cable services company. During a meeting with the employer’s representatives in which claimant’s job performance was critiqued, claimant became upset. He called in sick during the next few days and thereafter took a one-month approved medical leave of absence. When he returned to work, he resigned…