In re the Claim of Saeed-Ur-Rehman

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed December 24, 2003, which, inter alia, ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because he voluntarily left his employment without good cause.

Claimant, a convenience store clerk, informed his employer that he would be going to Fakistan but was unable to give an exact date of when he would return. Because it was the busy summer season, the employer told claimant that he could not hold his job but to call when he returned to see if anything was available. Upon claimant’s return…