In re the Claim of Marcus

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed March 18, 2008, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because his employment was terminated due to misconduct.

Inasmuch as an employee’s falsification of documents and/or business records has been held to constitute disqualifying misconduct, substantial evidence supports the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board’s finding that claimant, a restaurant manager, was discharged from his employment due to misconduct (see Matter of McFarlane [Commissioner of Labor], 51 AD3d 1317,…