In re the Claim of Owens

—Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed March 1, 2002, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because her employment was terminated due to misconduct.

Claimant was discharged from her employment as a financial *609services representative by the employer bank after being absent from work without authorization. The record discloses that claimant had been granted approval to take three days off from work provided that she could find another employee to take her place. Although she was unable to find a replacement to…