In re the Claim of Aufieri

Appeal by the Industrial Commissioner from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, which affirmed the decision of a referee which had overruled the initial determination of the Industrial Commissioner. Claimant, a married woman, was temporarily retired from her employment because she was five months pregnant. This was due to an arbitrary policy on the part of her employer. Thereafter, and before she became physically disabled, she applied for unemployment insurance benefits. Her application was denied initially by the Industrial Commissioner on the ground that she was…