In re the Claim of Velez

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed March 19, 1996, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because she lost her employment due to misconduct.

Claimant was discharged from her employment as a legal secretary after she refused to accept assignments to work overtime. The Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board ruled that this constituted disqualifying misconduct. We affirm. It is undisputed that claimant accepted her position with the employer knowing that it would involve occasional overtime hours. The record…