In re the Claim of Fontaine

—Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed July 11, 2000, which, inter alia, charged claimant with a recoverable overpayment of benefits.

Claimant was discharged from his employment as a youth development specialist and thereafter applied for, and collected, unemployment insurance benefits for the period December 21, 1997 to February 8, 1998. The employer subsequently objected to claimant’s eligibility to receive benefits, asserting that he had been discharged under disqualifying circumstances. Following a hearing, the Administrative Law Judge issued a…