Velilla v. William Island

SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.

Velilla left his employment as a restaurant busser after a conversation with a labor “counselor” for his employer. Velilla testified that the counselor fired him. Another employee stated that she had been told by the counselor that Velilla quit. The counsel- or did not testify. Nonetheless, the appeals referee found that the appellant had “voluntarily quit his position” and the unemployment appeals commission affirmed the denial of benefits on that ground.

Because it is based upon pure hearsay which is directly contrary to the only direct testimony on the point, the…