In re the Claim of Waszkiewicz

—Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed October 17, 1997, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because his employment was terminated due to misconduct.

Claimant was employed as a senior mechanical engineer for *883approximately 28 years through March 10, 1997. The record indicates that the company had been taken over in 1994 and that the new management instituted a policy in October 1995 whereby all employees were required to sign a “Conflict of Interest and Confidentiality Agreement”. Following lengthy…