In re the Claim of Kohen

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed December 5, 2003, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because she voluntarily left her employment without good cause.

Claimant, a social worker, filed a complaint against her employer with the Division of Human Rights in early 2002 claiming that she was being harassed due to her religion. According to claimant, she continued to experience problems thereafter, including an apparent attempt by the employer in April *9562003 to force her to take a leave of absence.…