In re the Claim of Rosa

*1281Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed April 24, 2012, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because his employment was terminated due to misconduct.

Claimant, a full-time custodian for a child care center, requested vacation leave to perform charity work in Haiti after first stopping in the Dominican Republic, his native country. Claimant was initially granted vacation leave from February 25, 2010 until March 18, 2010. During this period, claimant telephoned his supervisor seeking to extend his vacation and…