In re the Claim of Rizzo

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed September 4, 2002, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because her employment was terminated due to misconduct.

Claimant was terminated from her employment as a cashier at a drug store after she violated the employer’s written policies against processing the sales transaction of a family member (her mother) and giving an employee discount to a family member other than a spouse or dependents. The Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board ruled that claimant was properly…