In re the Claim of West

*1252Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed September 16, 2002, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because his employment was terminated due to misconduct.

Claimant, a janitor, was suspended for three days for not abiding by the employer’s directive to provide a doctor’s note to explain a recent absence. Claimant was discharged when he failed to return to work at the end of the three days or thereafter contact the employer. Substantial evidence supports the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board’s decision that…