In re the Claim of Williams

—Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed March 31, 1997, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because her employment was terminated due to misconduct.

Claimant was employed as a home health care provider until she was discharged in February 1995 for failing to notify her employer that she was unable to go to her assigned patient’s residence and accepting a patient’s residence keys without prior authorization from her employer. The employer’s handbook specifically stated that employees were required to notify…