In re the Claim of Little

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed January 31, 2003, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because her employment was terminated due to misconduct.

On May 11, 2002, claimant, a field representative for a child care council, submitted a doctor’s note following a three-day absence from work which indicated that she could return to work on May 16, 2002 and that there had been a $43 co-payment, which the employer ultimately reimburses. Upon verifying the information with claimant’s doctor, the employer…