In re the Claim of Estevez

—Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed August 10, 1999, which, inter alia, ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because he voluntarily left his employment without good cause.

Claimant was employed as a painter for a furniture factory when he resigned in November 1998 after informing the employer that he needed to return to his home in the Dominican Republic to take care of personal business. According to the employer, claimant did not ask for or obtain a leave of absence. When claimant returned to .the United…