In re the Claim of Viera

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed June 7, 2007, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because she voluntarily left her employment without good cause.

Claimant worked as an eighth grade English teacher at a school in New York City. She resigned from her position following a number of incidents in which she was verbally harassed and physically threatened by students. The Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because she…