Matter of Hall (Commr. of Labor)

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed January 29, 2015, which ruled, among other things, that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because he lost his employment due to misconduct.

Claimant worked as a developmental service aide for the Department of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (now the Office of Persons with Developmental Disabilities) for approximately 25 years. In March 2012, he was arrested at his home for possession of marihuana. When his employer learned of his arrest, he was placed on indefinite…