In re the Claim of Drakeford

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed September 30, 1996, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because his employment was terminated due to misconduct.

Claimant was suspended from his employment as a school custodian based upon numerous disciplinary charges that had been filed against him. After a disciplinary hearing, the arbitrator found that, inter alia, claimant had engaged in insubordinate and uncooperative behavior toward his supervisor and recommended that claimant be discharged on the ground of…