In re the Claim of Pianoforte

—Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed February 26, 1999, which ruled that claimant was ineligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits because his employment was terminated due to misconduct.

Claimant was discharged from his employment after he failed to comply with his employer’s call-in procedures regarding absences due to illness, notwithstanding having received prior warnings. Although claimant was aware of the call-in policy, he testified that because of his asthma and the medication he was taking, on several occasions he was unable to wake up in…