In re the Claim of Quackenbush

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed March 29, 1996, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because his employment was terminated due to misconduct.

Claimant was employed as a salesperson dealing in plumbing and heating supplies until he was discharged for submitting false reports regarding his sales calls and failing to make customer contacts. An employee’s submission of false reports to an employer has been found to constitute disqualifying misconduct (see, Matter of Dennis [Westgate Nursing Home—Sweeney],…