In re the Claim of Sanford

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed October 30, 1975, which reversed the decision of a referee overruling the initial determination of the Industrial Commissioner and found claimant disqualified from receiving benefits because she lost her employment through misconduct. Claimant’s working hours were from 6:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. On the day in question, claimant requested permission to leave at 7:50 a.m. after a friend advised the foreman that claimant’s mother was ill and had been taken to a hospital. The employer learned of the fabricated story when he…