In re the Claim of Brimage

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed October 25, 2010, which, upon reconsideration, ruled, among other things, that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because she lost her employment due to misconduct.

Claimant was discharged from her employment at a nursing home for allegedly falsely representing on her employment application that she had never been convicted of a crime. Specifically, a fingerprint background check by the employer with the Department of Health indicated that claimant had previously been convicted of a…