In re the Claim of Alascia

—Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed April 28, 2000, which, upon reconsideration, adhered to its prior decision ruling that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because she voluntarily left her employment without good cause.

Claimant, an office assistant for a medical office, was granted a leave of absence on June 24, 1999 in order to attend to her father’s funeral arrangements in Florida and was instructed to keep in touch with the employer regarding her return date. When claimant returned to New York and telephoned her…