Alvarez v. Reemployment Assistance Appeals Commission

SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.

The claimant in this unemployment compensation case, governed by the amendments to the worker’s compensation law that became effective on June 27, 2011,1 appeals from his disqualification for benefits for “misconduct.” We affirm.

While employed as a security guard assigned to a performing arts complex, Alvarez knowingly violated a policy or rule which precluded unauthorized access to a designated security area near the box office.2 While it may well be that this action did not constitute “misconduct” under the prior version of the statute, see Hernandez v. Am. Gen. Fin.,…