In re the Claim of Santana

—Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed March 10, 1998, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because she voluntarily left her employment without good cause.

Claimant was employed as a salesperson for a children’s clothing retailer when she resigned after informing her manager that she needed to return to her native Puerto Rico to take care of her sick father. Although claimant was not granted a written leave of absence, her manager told her that she could have her job back when she returned. At the time…