In re the Claim of Vinci

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed April 4, 1997, which, upon reconsideration, adhered to its prior decision ruling that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because his employment was terminated due to misconduct.

Claimant was discharged from his employment with the US Postal Service after it was discovered that he and his supervisor had discarded 4,106 pieces of processable mail. Of the discarded mail, 20% was first and second class mail which could have been forwarded, while the remaining mail, second and third class,…