In re the Claim of Lloyd

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed August 27, 1996, which, inter alia, ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because her employment was terminated due to misconduct.

Based upon the advice of her physician, claimant, a social *818worker, obtained a three-month medical leave of absence. During her leave of absence, claimant failed to keep a doctor’s appointment which had been scheduled by her employer for a second opinion. She also failed to notify her employer of her failure to attend, despite being informed that…