In re the Claim of Kapelewski

—Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed June 10, 1999, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because his employment was terminated due to misconduct.

Claimant, an executive chef for a hotel, was responsible for ordering food and other restaurant supplies for the hotel. Claimant was discharged from his employment after accepting a trip to the Bahamas from a food purveyor in violation of an unwritten policy of the employer not to accept gifts or gratuities from vendors. The record establishes that the general…