In re the Claim of Carter

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed June 17, 1996, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because his employment was terminated due to misconduct.

Following an arbitration hearing held pursuant to Civil Service Law § 75, claimant was discharged from his employment as a correction officer for various violations of his employer’s *778policies and regulations regarding, inter alia, sick leave.* The Board properly gave collateral estoppel effect to the factual findings of the arbitrator inasmuch as claimant was…