In re the Claim of Yaminian

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed September 5, 1997, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because he voluntarily left his employment without good cause.

The record indicates that claimant, a computer programmer employed by a temporary employment agency, refused to extend his employment contract with one of the employer’s clients unless he received an hourly wage increase from $53 to $65. The client refused to grant the raise but reiterated its offer to extend claimant’s contract at the original hourly…