In re the Claim of Melendez

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed November 27, 2006, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because his employment was terminated due to misconduct.

*1243Claimant worked as a janitor in a warehouse for approximately four years. He became verbally abusive toward another employee when he inquired about the status of a vacation request that had not yet been approved. Following this exchange, claimant disregarded a supervisor’s directive to return to the warehouse and instead went to a restricted area where the…