In re the Claim of Prior

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed December 22, 1997, which, upon reconsideration, adhered to its prior decision ruling that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because her employment was terminated due to misconduct.

Claimant, a clerk at a university medical center, signed an agreement consenting to a one-year term of probation in lieu of being discharged for excessive absences. The agreement provided, inter alia, that claimant would be terminated without further recourse if she failed to provide bona fide…