In re the Claim of Di Maria

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed December 11, 1998, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because her employment was terminated due to misconduct.

Claimant, a typist for a hospital, was discharged from her employment for insubordination and leaving her work site without authorization. It was alleged that she took an unauthorized break by abruptly leaving in the middle of a meeting with the director of surgical services while the director was *895discussing a work assignment. The record discloses that…