In re the Claim of Dendy

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed August 31, 1989, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because his employment was terminated due to misconduct.

After a hearing, an arbitrator found that claimant and other banquet waiters employed by a hotel had stolen wallets provided as banquet favors for distribution to guests. The Administrative Law Judge, holding that he was bound by the arbitrator’s finding, then ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because such…