In re the Claim of Cortada

—Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed May 19, 1999, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because her employment was terminated due to misconduct.

After a grievance hearing, claimant was discharged from her employment as a compliance agent for a municipal sanitation department for altering the dates on a physician’s note submitted to explain her absence from work. The Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board ultimately ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving benefits because she lost her employment…