Matter of Pellicano (Commr. of Labor)

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed July 14, 2014, which ruled, among other things, that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because his employment was terminated due to misconduct.

Claimant worked as a teaching assistant at a high school for a little over a year. Following an incident in which he allegedly failed to appropriately handle a fight among students in the fitness center, he was directed to attend a meeting with the school superintendent to discuss possible disciplinary sanctions. He did not attend the meeting…