In re the Claim of McDuffie

—Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed September 29, 1997, which ruled that claimant was entitled to receive unemployment insurance benefits.

Claimant worked as a certified nurse’s aide for the employer, an Orthodox Jewish nursing home, for over 16 years. While traveling to work on June 5, 1994, claimant felt faint from fasting as part of her religious observance. Claimant purchased a donut from a shop and, upon arriving at work, sat down to eat the donut and drink a can of ginger ale to alleviate her symptoms. The employer’s administrator observed claimant…