In re the Claim of Reinhold

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed February 3, 2009, which ruled that claimant was entitled to receive unemployment insurance benefits.

Claimant was employed as a caretaker for the employer’s founder, who suffered from some degree of dementia and other health problems and required assistance. After two consecutive days where the founder and his wife informed claimant that his services were no longer needed and that others would assume his responsibilities, claimant heeded their direction to leave without determining if the founder’s son, who managed the…