In re the Claim of Kurtz

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed March 25, 2004, which ruled that claimant was *771disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because his employment was terminated due to misconduct.

Claimant worked as a laborer for the Department of Environmental Protection of the City of New York. As a result of his failure to call in or report to work on August 14, 2003, he was terminated from his position. The Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board disqualified claimant from receiving unemployment insurance benefits on the ground that his employment was…