In re the Claim of McLaughlin

*851Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed June 1, 2005, which, upon reconsideration, adhered to its prior decision ruling that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because his employment was terminated due to misconduct.

On July 30, 2004, after he spent many hours drinking at a bar, claimant called his employer before his 4:00 p.m. shift to advise that he would not be coming to work. Claimant had a history of drug and alcohol dependency for which he had previously been treated and had received prior warnings from his employer,…