In re the Claim of Britter

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed August 28, 2007, which ruled, among other things, that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because her employment was terminated due to misconduct.

Claimant worked at a home improvement store as a part-time sales associate. She asked her supervisor if she could take three days off from work to take final exams and was told that she would need to get the approval of the human resources manager. Claimant did not get the manager’s approval and called in sick on the three days that she had…