In re the Claim of Phillips

—Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed June 3, 1997, which, upon reconsideration, adhered to its prior decision ruling that claimant was disqualified from *868receiving unemployment insurance benefits because her employment was terminated due to misconduct.

Claimant was discharged from her employment as an administrator for a telemarketing firm after the employer discovered through a newspaper article that claimant recently was convicted of a felony. Claimant had signed a statement at the time she was hired that required her to immediately notify the employer of…