In re the Claim of Culp

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed August 1, 2002, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because she voluntarily left her employment without good cause.

Claimant was transferred from the position of cashier at a retail store—a job which required employees to be able to lift up to 25 pounds—to that of sales clerk, after she presented the employer with a note from her physician advising that she was restricted to lifting weights no heavier than 10 pounds. When a new manager subsequently requested that she…