In re the Claim of Hidy

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed September 18, 1989, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because he voluntarily left his employment without good cause.

Upon being advised that he would have to relocate to the employer’s downtown location, claimant refused to move unless he received a raise because he lived closer to the office at which he was working. Since the testimony reveals that claimant was informed at the time he was hired that he would be required to work at the downtown location when it…