In re the Claims of Oswald

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed December 6, 1989, which ruled that claimants were disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because their employment was terminated due to misconduct.

Upon claimants’ continued refusals to perform additional duties because of a decrease in the amount of work in their department, the employer terminated their employment. Claimants contended that they were not trained for the new duties and their normal job would suffer, both of which they claimed would cause them stress. Contrary to claimants’…