In re the Claim of Kovalskaya

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed February 25, 2004, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because her employment was terminated due to misconduct.

Claimant worked as a cytotechnologist for a hospital and was responsible for screening laboratory slides to detect the presence of abnormal cells. In December 2002, after she exceeded the employer’s tolerance limits by failing to detect abnormalities on a number of slides, claimant was placed on probation and advised that if such conduct continued during the…