In re the Claim of Letcher

—Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed April 20, 1999, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because his employment was terminated due to misconduct.

Claimant was terminated from his employment as a tire technician for Wal-Mart Stores after he violated the employer’s discount policy by allowing a friend to use his employee discount card. The record reveals that claimant received a copy of the employee handbook which specifically stated that only claimant, his or her spouse and dependents were to use the…