In re the Claim of Kessler

—Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed May 6, 1992, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because his employment was terminated due to misconduct.

There is substantial evidence in the record to support the conclusion by the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board that claimant’s discharge for failing to properly call in to report that he would be absent due to illness constituted misconduct (see, Matter of Grosso [Levine], 52 AD2d 964; Matter of Mankowski [Levine], 50 AD2d 962). Claimant’s employer had warned…