In re the Claim of Hawkins

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed March 27, 2009, which, upon reconsideration, adhered to its prior decision ruling that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because he voluntarily left his employment without good cause.

Claimant, a bus driver for a ferry service, received tickets for speeding and running a red light and was thereafter discharged from his employment when his commercial driver’s license was suspended. The Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board subsequently ruled that claimant lost his employment under…